Marlins Park Roof Closing

The roof panels are controlled by a single roof operator from a control room located inside the ballpark.

Marlins park roof closing. Category news politics. He like zimmerman just wants to play with the roof closed the next time the nationals visit marlins park for a day game. In accordance with mlb policy the following guidelines must be followed. Closing the roof doesn t change the way the game is played on the field much but one former mariner notes that closing the roof does have one big impact outfielders tend to lose more balls in.

The marlins new 550 million baseball stadium won t open until 2012 but cnnmoney got a sneak peek of how the retractable roof will work. If the game begins with the roof open. That will be on sept. 22 a contest schedule for 1 10 p m.

The control system allows the roof panels to open or close with all three panels in motion simultaneously or a single panel individually to provide partial shading to the field surface and patrons. Marlins don t have rain tarp because they didn t think they would need one with a roof.