There was a special Hammond Stadium Commemorative Section in the Ft. Myers News-Press Sunday paper today and the headline was “Extreme Makeover”. David Dorsey did a number of the articles in the special section and he did a superb job. Maybe his best piece in the section has the following headline – “Ancient Rome inspires entrance.” It talks about the “grand vomitory” and how Dave St. Peter and the Twins had to be convinced to give up some of their best seats behind home plate that brought in about $5,400 in revenue per spring training game. Dorsey also discusses the “Witches Hat” towers with the Populous architect. I am not going to spoil the article for you by telling you what “grand vomitory” means and what “Witches Hat” towers have to do with the extreme makeover.
You can read it for yourself here –
New Twins grand entrance will spew forth fans
Improvements abound at Twins spring training home
Fields of Dreams for the Minnesota Twins
Q&A: Hammond Stadium architect discusses the details
There is a very nice panoramic view video of the stadium and the grand entrance in the article that you also want to see.