Stadium Review: Globe Life Park
Farewell, Globe Life Park. A tribute to the breath-taking stadium that the Texas Rangers called home for the past 25 years.
It all started about 2 months ago when I realized that the home of the Texas Rangers, Globe Life Park was closing its gates for good after this baseball season. The city of Arlington and the organization came to terms to have a new stadium built right next door. One of the main reasons is due to the blazing heat in Texas during the baseball season. It seemed only right for the sake of the players as well as the spectators to give them a new, long-term home, with a retractable roof on it. This way, Rangers baseball can be enjoyed much more comfortably by everyone, and no longer have to deal with the suffocating weather.
Myself, being a stadium fanatic, wanted to get a chance to see Globe Life Park in person before baseball would no longer be played there. I wanted to experience its unique features, including the large porch-style second deck overhanging in right field, the “office-building” style suites just beyond center field, and the infamous center field grassy batters eye, where fans will sprint out there to catch an incoming home run ball. Needless to say, seeing all of this in person was truly an incredible sight.
Walking up to the stadium, and seeing the absolutely massive AT&T Stadium next door, as well as the equally large new Globe Life Field under construction made you realize that you were certainly in Texas, where they weren’t kidding when they said everything is bigger here. I found myself staring in awe at these venues that I have only ever seen on television. After that, I found myself now staring at the Texas Rangers ballpark and taking in its unique architecture. Getting through the gates of Globe Life Park for one of its final games was just a different vibe of baseball than I have ever experienced before.
The vibe I got was of people that did not care that their team isn’t making the playoffs, and has been struggling to put together an elite roster for the past few years, they just wanted to see their team win on that given night, and “pay their respects” to the place their team called home since the 1990s. Being in Texas for the first time certainly gave me a taste of the southwest vibe, but I didn’t really think I would see it in a Major League Baseball setting as well. The food, the music, and the overall game experience gave off that country Texas feeling.
It was awesome seeing everyone come together to see the Rangers play in Globe Life Park for one of the final times, and the respect that ballpark has received. It is truly a unique venue that will forever be missed. I am absolutely thrilled that I was able to check this stadium off before it is done with baseball games forever.
Thank you Globe Life Park for the superior hospitality and your service for the past 25 years. You will certainly be missed.
-Brandon Zapotoski
Sports Throne Founder
