Dodger Stadium is getting a makeover.
The Dodgers on Tuesday announced plans for a $100 million renovation project that will modernize their ballpark over the next year as they unveiled the logo for the 2020 All-Star Game in Los Angeles.
The team is also planning to add a statue of Sandy Koufax, which would mark the second structure after the team revealed the Jackie Robinson statue last year. Koufax, a three-time Cy Young Award winner who pitched for the Dodgers in the 1950s and 1960s, is widely regarded as the greatest left hander in MLB history.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the renovations will include:
— Space for pregame and postgame live music
— Game-viewing area above the batter’s eye
— "Legends of Dodger Baseball" plaques, which currently include Don Newcombe, Steve Garvey and Fernando Valenzuela
— New food establishments
— A beer garden
— Two sports bars
— A children’s play area
— New restrooms in left field and right field
— Enclosed bars with views of the bullpens
— Elevators, escalators and bridges connecting the pavilion to the rest of the stadium
“We’re finally going to have a front door with this entertainment plaza we’re building below and beyond the pavilions,” Dodgers president Stan Kasten said, per the Times. “It’s going to act like a two-acre tailgating area pre- and postgame.”
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 23, 2019
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— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 23, 2019
The work is expected to be completed in time for the start of the 2020 regular season.