LoanDepot Park, Baseball stadium in Little Havana, Miami, US.
LoanDepot Park is a neomodern baseball stadium in Little Havana, Miami, built on the former Miami Orange Bowl site about 2 miles west of Downtown Miami. Its white roof slides open from the third-base side toward right field, and the field's irregular outfield includes a rounded fence bulge left of center. Seating capacity is 37,442.
LoanDepot Park opened on March 5, 2012, on the site of the demolished Miami Orange Bowl in Little Havana; the Marlins played their first official game there on April 4, 2012, against the St. Louis Cardinals. Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami funded about 70% of the $360 million construction cost, and the team was renamed the Miami Marlins that same year. The ballpark was called Marlins Park until March 31, 2021, when loanDepot acquired the naming rights.
The stadium's exterior is white, modelled on a yacht, with marine-blue seats, a concept proposed by owner and art dealer Jeffrey Loria. Behind the left-field stands is an outlet of Clevelander, a Miami hotel and restaurant chain. The team name changed to Miami Marlins in 2012 at the request of the city and county that funded construction.
The ballpark sits on 17 acres in Little Havana, about 2 miles west of Downtown Miami, on the former Orange Bowl site. The roof slides open and closed from the third-base side toward right field, so the field can be covered in Miami's heat and rain. The left-field stands are unusually shallow, and a rounded section of outfield fence juts into the field left of center.
LoanDepot Park was certified as the greenest MLB park under LEED in 2012, the year it opened. It is the sixth MLB stadium built with a retractable roof, which slides open from the third-base side toward right field.
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