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The new stadium for the MLB team the Florida Marlins will be located in Miami, named Miami Stadium, and will try to become the first LEED silver certified ballpark with a retractable roof. The stadium plans to control storm water runoff, recycle 90 percent of its waste material. The roof of the building also helps the stadium’s green goals, as it is a heat-reflecting white roof.
Large glass panels are also part of the stadium in the hopes that they should reduce the need for excessive lighting fixtures. The building materials of the stadium also come in part from materials from the recently demolished Orange Bowl. Finally, the stadium plans to reduce carbon emissions by installing about 2,000 spaces for bicycle parking and giving priority parking to low emission vehicles.
Some other stadiums that have or are seeking LEED certification include:
- Medlar Field and Lubano Park at State College in Pennsylvania, which was the first sports stadium to be LEED certified
- Nationals Ballpark, the field for the Washington Nationals (MLB) which was the first professional stadium to be LEED certified
- TCF Field, the University of Minnesota football stadium, which was the first football stadium to achieve LEED certification
- Target Field, where the Minnesota Twins (MLB) play
- Consul Energy Center, home of the Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) and the Pittsburgh Power (AFL), the first NHL and AFL arena to be LEED certified
SOURCES: Green Diary, WIDN, Bleacher Report, Smart Planet, Los Angeles Times
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This article is almost unreadable due to all of the errors… spelling and grammar aside.
That’s not AEG’s Farmer’s Field in the photo. That’s the competing bid by Ed Roski. All of your text, however, describes this competing bid (buried in the topography, onsite metro station), which is essentially 95% dead. Even if it had been built, it is a ridiculously NON-sustainable design. Plopping a LEED certified stadium into an industrial park 60 miles outside of the actual population center of Los Angeles, largely only accessible by car, makes it inherently difficult to argue that this is a marquee green project.
Maybe doing a profile on the actual Farmers Field proposal from AEG, located next to Staples Center near LA’s mass transit hubs and in the heart of the population center would be a better argument.
Hello, I looked over the article and found no errors. Are you basing grammar on AP Style writing because that is what we use which is the standard for any newspaper reporting and I found no spelling mistakes.
I do thank you for your valid arguments and will have Matt look into the subject matter on hand. Thanks!
Managing Editor for Green Building Elements.
Thank you for taking the time to read the article and pointing out the mistakes in the section with the L.A. stadium. I’ve gone through and edited the piece so that it accurately reflects the proposal by AEG as opposed to the older proposal and changed the photo as well.
Matt Smith
Green Building Elements