NEW STADIUM TEASERS!!!

With the holidays right around the corner, the Minnesota Twins have been teasing the fans with baseball stadium dreams (as opposed to sugar plum dreams). Last week, Hennepin County commissioners heard a preliminary presentation about some of the highlights that will be in the new facility, which will be built north of the Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. I guess they are only about 15 percent of the way through the design process, but of course they want to keep the excitement alive so they gave us all a sneak peak into the package. It's like when you used to slowly peel back a corner of the wrapping paper on your presents to see what they were and then quickly tape them back up before mom could catch you. The excitement of seeing a few key words was enough to keep your mind reeling!

So here's the sneak peak in the Twins Stadium package:

*** The Twins ballpark will have about 40,000 seats and only 10,000 of those seats will be in the upper deck, giving the majority of fans a closer proximity to the playing field

*** The concourses will be twice as wide as the Metrodome, and there will be twice the number of bathrooms. Hooray to all of us ladies who have stood in super long lines between innings!

*** The concourse will be open which will allow the fans inside the facility to walk completely around the field without ever losing sight of what's going on

*** The Main entrance into the ballpark will be on the outfield side of the facility

*** There will be a restaurant just beyond right field - yummy!

While the field dimensions aren't completely set, Twins officials say that it will be fair to both hitters and pitchers, and despite the compact size of the facility, it won't necessarily be a power hitter's dream. The power alleys will actually be deeper than those in the Metrodome. I can't wait to see the rest of the package!!!! I have to say that I am nervous that some of the land needed for the facility has not yet been purchased, but the project is on schedule to open at the start of the 2010 season!!!