Tenant: Philadelphia Phillies (NL)
Opening: Unknown
Surface: Grass
Capacity: 48,000 - 52,000 (baseball only)

Architect: n/a
Construction: n/a
Owners: n/a
Cost: $200 million.
Public financing: n/a
Private financing: n/a

Location: Entrance would be at the foot of 30th Street where it intersects Walnut Street. Left field (N), Walnut Street; third base (W), Conrail High Line and the University of Pennsylvania campus; first base (S), Bower Field, AMTRAK NE Corridor Rail, Schuykill Expressway and the Schuykill River; right field (E), AMTRAK NE Corridor Rail, Schuykill Expressway and the Schuykill River.

Dimensions: n/a

Fences: n/a

The Phillies organization commissioned a ballpark design to include such qualities as natural turf, intimate surroundings and a turn-of-the-century look. The design has been tested on a number of sites, most of them near the existing Veterans Stadium because of land availablility, the highway network and the presence of other sports facilities in the area. A new proposal, called the Keating proposal, was made in 1997 to place a similar ballpark in a more urban setting, at the corner of 30th and Walnut Streets on the west side of downtown, just across the Schuykill River.

The U.S. Postal Service's mail processing and distribution center has been for many years at its current 30th Street location. The Keating proposal would relocate this operation to another site in the city of Philadelphia and develop the property left behind. This development would include a multi-plex theater, retail shops, parking garages and a new open-air baseball park for the Phillies. The ballpark would feature a magnificent view of downtown.

Ballpark facts:

• The central business district is less than a mile away.
• Situated in the western transportation "hub" of Philadelphia, which includes:
  • 30th Street Station.
  • University City Station on the Media/Airport Regional Rail Line.
  • Market-Frankford Line.
  • Subway Surface Lines.
• 15,000 parking spaces to be provided from new and existing structures.