Two more cities plan new baseball stadiums

The spate of announcements of new major league baseball parks continues, with recent developments in Philadelphia and St. Louis.

The Philadelphia Phillies unveiled the design for its new, 43,000-seat, natural-grass ballpark (see photo below), which is scheduled to debut by the 2004 season. The $346 million stadium was designed jointly by Philadelphia-based A/E Ewing Cole Cherry Brott and Kansas City, Mo.-based HOK Sports Facilities Group. Philadelphia-based L.F. Driscoll, in a joint venture with Indianapolis-based Hunt Construction Group, will be construction manager. Groundbreaking is set for November.