Miller Park (Milwaukee)
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Wide angle shot of Miller Park at night
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| Address | 1 Brewers Way |
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| Location | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43°1′42″N 87°58′16″W / 43.02833°N 87.97111°WCoordinates: 43°1′42″N 87°58′16″W / 43.02833°N 87.97111°W |
| Owner | Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, Milwaukee Brewers |
| Operator | Southeast Wisconsin Professional Baseball Park District, Milwaukee Brewers |
| Capacity | 41,900 |
| Record attendance | 46,218 |
| Field size |
Left Field – 344 feet (105 m) Left-Center – 371 feet (113 m) (Not Posted) Center Field – 400 feet (122 m) Right-Center – 374 feet (114 m) (Not Posted) Right Field – 345 feet (105 m) Backstop – 56 feet (17 m) |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Scoreboard | 1080 display, 5,940 square feet video board, 55 feet high x 110 feet wide |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | November 9, 1996 |
| Built | 1996–2001 |
| Opened | April 6, 2001 |
| Construction cost | US$400 million ($541 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect |
HKS, Inc. NBBJ Eppstein Uhen Architects |
| Project manager | International Facilities Group, LLC. |
| Structural engineer | Arup/Flad Structural Engineers |
| Services engineer | Arup/Kapur & Associates |
| General contractor | HCH Miller Park Joint Venture (Hunt Construction; Clark Construction; Hunzinger Co.) |
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| Milwaukee Brewers (MLB) (2001–present) | |
Miller Park is a baseball park located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is home to the Milwaukee Brewers and was completed in 2001 as a replacement for Milwaukee County Stadium. The park is located just southwest of the intersection of Interstate 94 and Miller Park Way (Wisconsin Highway 175). The title sponsor is the Miller Brewing Company. Miller's contract with the stadium was for $40 million, and runs until 2020.
Miller Park features North America's only fan-shaped convertible roof, which can open and close in less than 10 minutes. Large panes of glass allow natural grass to grow, augmented with heat lamp structures wheeled out across the field during the off-season.
Miller Park is one of the largest construction projects in Wisconsin history. It was built with US$290 million of public funds from a 0.1% sales tax that began January 1, 1996, and is scheduled for retirement upon completion, sometime around 2017. The tax is applied on purchases in Milwaukee County and four surrounding counties: Ozaukee, Racine, Washington, and Waukesha. The tax was controversial, in part because of the notion of using public funds for a privately owned sports team. The state senator who cast the deciding vote in the funding bill, George Petak of Racine, lost a recall election based on his vote for the stadium.
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