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#101 Keller Pirate

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Posted 20 October 2020 - 09:39 PM

Those are mighty big weeds.



#102 Jeriat

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Posted 21 October 2020 - 02:15 PM

While at Open Streets today, I spoke to someone at the Vaqueros booth. 

 

Don't take what I'm saying as a solid fact, but he basically told me that the ballpark is supposed to be demolished by the end of this year. 

 

Just letting you know... 

 

While I am glad I (and he) was wrong about this, still feels like it happened...


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#103 John T Roberts

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Posted 21 October 2020 - 03:08 PM

Demolition by neglect.



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Posted 18 November 2020 - 08:30 AM

No news here, but back when the Cats were still playing, I said more than once that the owners and the city should pursue a minor league affiliation with a MLB club.  LaGrave would have been a great short or long season A ball or rookie league park.  In the shuffle and contraction of the minor league system, an independent league team in Texas was able to do just that and actually did better.  The Astros purchased the Sugar Land Skeeters with plans to make the team their AAA affiliate.  



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Posted 05 May 2021 - 02:15 PM

When I get MLB the Show 21, a LaGrave concept will be the first thing on my list to work on . . .

VIDEO (I still don't know how to straight up post YouTube directly to the post)

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Posted 05 May 2021 - 09:43 PM

Just paste the Youtube link into your post. 

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The board automagically renders it.

 

 

You're too young to be technology impaired.  Sheesh.


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#107 Jeriat

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Posted 06 May 2021 - 09:10 AM

Just paste the Youtube link into your post. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8BJq9k4n9Q

The board automagically renders it.

 

 

You're too young to be technology impaired.  Sheesh.

 

Yeah, I don't usually post videos here...


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#108 Jeriat

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Posted 08 August 2021 - 11:11 PM

So, outside of the field (for the most part), I don't have any of the exact measurements... hell, I KNOW I botched the dugouts (both the team and suite boxes) but I'm not gonna focus on being 100% accurate for obvious reasons. 

I'll be working on this sketch model of LaGrave just to give you an idea of what I'd want it to look like as an AAA park. Starting now.

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Posted 09 August 2021 - 07:27 AM

Excited to see what you come up with. 



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Posted 09 August 2021 - 11:09 AM

2705.png - Field (325'/400'/335')
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2705.png - Home/Away and luxury dugouts
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- Press Boxes/Suites
- 2nd Level Seating
- "Rahr Bar"
- Kids Zone
- Exterior/Stairs/Ramps
- Roofing
- Adjacent buildings

 

 

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#111 Jeriat

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Posted 10 August 2021 - 10:42 PM

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Posted 12 August 2021 - 11:34 PM

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Posted 15 August 2021 - 10:30 PM

Concessions and restrooms added

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Posted 16 August 2021 - 05:10 PM

From 3rd base (so far...)

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Posted 17 August 2021 - 11:07 PM

Almost finished... 

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Posted 18 August 2021 - 11:27 PM

Not the exact facade or even roof system I'm looking for, but you get the idea.

The eastern (Jones St.) home plate entrance has "LaGRAVE FIELD" overhead, while the space I'm leaving for on the northern (7th St.) end is left blank, maybe for a sponsor... say "American Airlines LaGrave Field"

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Posted 23 August 2021 - 11:05 PM

Tickets... Seats (up to 999, now)... and "Rahr Bar"...

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Posted 25 August 2021 - 02:48 PM

seeing Jeriat's renderings and visions got me wondering about Riders Field, aka Dr Pepper Ballpark where the Rangers AA affiliate plays, and what development was like around it...

 

https://www.google.c...!8i8192!5m1!1e2

 

is what's in Frisco perfect? Heavens no. But seeing the death, decay, and abandonment of LaGrave and the area around it and comparing what's happened in each area over the last decade has me weeping...

With the Main Street bridges now open, some building finally happening (Encore) and lots up for sale, heaven help by 2030 we have local baseball and an exciting neighborhood blooming



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Posted 25 August 2021 - 03:09 PM

The area around the ballpark is nice looking, but there's just not all that much to do that's in walking distance.  Just apartments.



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Posted 25 August 2021 - 10:05 PM

The area around the ballpark is nice looking, but there's just not all that much to do that's in walking distance.  Just apartments.

 

Which is exactly why I'm hoping for something along the lines of a Wrigleyville... or something like Charlotte where there is a lot of residential, but there's also a hotel and plaza nearby, plus it's actually in downtown, so there's plenty that's already built up.


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Posted 25 August 2021 - 10:18 PM

With the Main Street bridges now open, some building finally happening (Encore) and lots up for sale, heaven help by 2030 we have local baseball and an exciting neighborhood blooming


Unfortunately, I lean more and more that we will have the exciting neighborhood but no baseball.

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Posted 30 August 2021 - 08:08 PM

Yeah, I can't keep going, this is too much memory to deal with, but you get the idea.

That block out in left field is supposed to be an indoor "Kids Zone", btw. 

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Posted 30 August 2021 - 11:30 PM

...and with this, I give you a preview of the next Cats related thing I'm working on...

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Posted 31 August 2021 - 03:32 PM

Uniforms. 
 

The logos are just "placeholders", because they're not exactly what I have in mind... except for the Cap logo, because I really want to make that a thing. It's based on the old "FTW" emblem.
 
The font is "Cabbagetown" and it gives it a Victorian era feel. I chose that because the original team was founded during the Victorian era and because of the few surviving Victorian era homes on Samuels.

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Posted 29 March 2023 - 10:21 AM

Interesting item in the upcoming FW Sports Authority, Inc. Board Meeting labeled "LaGrave Field Use Opportunities and Soccer Update"

 

https://www.fortwort...-authority-2023



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Posted 29 March 2023 - 01:12 PM

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Posted 04 April 2023 - 07:50 PM

Look at item 5. Fort Worth Cats Logo trademark update.

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Posted 05 April 2023 - 09:22 AM

Look at item 5. Fort Worth Cats Logo trademark update.

 

I was hoping they'd post the video from the FW Sports Authority Inc. Board meeting but no such luck.



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Posted 17 April 2023 - 03:55 PM

I'm guessing the logo trademark was related to the Ranger's new City Connect uniforms: https://www.mlb.com/...connect-jerseys



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Posted 17 April 2023 - 05:34 PM

I'm guessing the logo trademark was related to the Ranger's new City Connect uniforms: https://www.mlb.com/...connect-jerseys

 

I some one person on social media thought it looked like a deck of playing cards.  

 

The Padres certainly look festive:

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Posted 06 March 2024 - 11:09 PM

WFAA covering the Panther Island HR&A vision that calls for demolishing the park: https://www.wfaa.com...f6-8a38d6df408d

 

More discussion about the vision in the forum here: https://www.fortwort...pic=149&page=41






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