Daikin Park, Baseball stadium in Downtown Houston, United States
Daikin Park is a baseball stadium in Downtown Houston with a retractable roof and natural grass field. The architecture combines steel beams and brick walls in a design that recalls old warehouses and early twentieth century train stations.
The stadium opened in March 2000 as a replacement for the Astrodome, bringing open air baseball back to Houston. The facility first carried the name Enron Field but was renamed after the energy company collapsed.
The facility displays a vintage locomotive beyond the left field wall, recalling the era when freight trains rolled through the neighborhood. Today the engine's steam whistle sounds after each home team home run, linking the game to the city's railroad past.
The entrance sits on Crawford Street in central Houston, a few blocks from downtown towers and business districts. Parking lots surround the stadium, and the METRORail stops within walking distance at the Convention District station.
The retractable roof weighs over 3000 tons and can fully open or close in less than 20 minutes. When closed, the glass roof allows daylight inside, letting the grass grow even while protected from summer heat.
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