r/athletics • u/Temporary_Ship6031 • 9d ago

Ceiling Height?

With recent ceiling balls I was wondering if the new Athletics ballpark will pose a similar challenge. Anyone know the planned ceiling height?

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u/GoTime56 5d ago edited 5d ago

The highest point that is above the playing field will be 290 feet. Which will be the highest of any MLB team. Technically speaking, the Brewers roof is higher, but that’s not accounting for the cables which are much lower to function and keep up the retractable roof. the ball in the Padres game hit a cable of the roof, which is considered part of the roof. The A’s roof is fixed and unlike the Rays there are no catwalks or cable or anything of that sort.
Just like with the recent loan depot park and with global life field, the team and the MLB are working with top engineers to ensure that the roof won’t interfere with flyballs. Nothing is guaranteed, but with those two recent roof structured stadiums, the roof has only interfered with balls a legit 1 handful of times. so to some it all up it shouldn’t be a problem.

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u/Temporary_Ship6031 5d ago

Nice. Thank you for the informed response. I’m really tired of these “fans” constantly raining on everyone else with their “FJF” nonsense. Some fans just want to talk about the team and so I thank you for engaging.

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u/GoTime56 5d ago

Don’t worry about it. I think eventually things will settle down

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u/Macs2330 9d ago

was just wondering the same thing

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u/ernmanstinky 9d ago

It will be fjf tall.

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u/Delicious_Nothing277 7d ago

About F’JF”