Design
The design team for the stadium included HKS, Inc. of Dallas and both Hoskins Architecture and GA Studio of Birmingham. The stadium facade utilizes brick and steel in an effort to both serve as a homage to Birmingham's industrial past and to better blend with the surrounding neighborhood. Specifically, design elements inspired from Rickwood Field and Sloss Furnaces were utilized in its physical design. The main entrance is located at the corner of 14th Street South and First Avenue South, the main concourse is located at street level and the playing field is located 16 feet (4.9 m) below street grade.
The original layout of the stadium had center field located at the northern end of the facility with the backdrop being the skyline of downtown Birmingham. However, its orientation was changed in the final design with center field located at the eastern end of the facility with the backdrop being the downtown Birmingham skyline, UAB and the medical district and Red Mountain. The change was made as a result of Birmingham's irregular street grid that is oriented about thirty degrees from magnetic north in order to meet guidelines set forth by Major League Baseball for stadium orientation as it relates to sun angle.
As part of the overall design, 250 parking spaces are provided on-site as part of its grounds. However, in order to reach the 2,500 spaces necessary for the project as a whole, agreements were made to utilize existing parking garages owned by the Children's Hospital of Alabama, Jefferson County, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, located within a five to ten minute walk of the stadium.
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