RustTown 60 Report post Posted March 21, 2014 A new concept is coming to the former Oldsmobile Park (now Cooley Law School Stadium). It'll include building a four or five story apartment building above the outfield and have a restaurant or two on the first floor. This is part of a larger plan to renovate the stadium. Quote Living above the outfield: Lansing Lugnuts' stadium renovation plan includes apartments, restaurants by Mellisa Anders / MLive.com March 12, 2014 LANSING — The Lansing Lugnuts' ballpark could undergo a major publicly funded renovation under plans that involve private developers adding 80 apartment units and a restaurant adjacent to the outfield. Minor league baseball fans could catch games from their own patios if they rent apartments proposed for the area immediately north of the city-owned Cooley Law School Stadium. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted December 18, 2014 (edited) New renderings have been released for The Outfield. The renovations to the ballpark and the foundation work for the apartments started a few months ago: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/money/business/2014/12/17/state-invest-outfield-project-lansing/20551307/ From October 22nd: Lansing Downtown Edited December 18, 2014 by Lmichigan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Renovations to the stadium are nearly complete, which will then allow for the apartments to be built. Lindsay VanHulle {sodEmoji.|} Lansing State Journal Lindsay VanHulle {sodEmoji.|} Lansing State Journal Lindsay VanHulle {sodEmoji.|} Lansing State Journal Rod Sanford{sodEmoji.|} Lansing State Journal The construction of the Outfield apartments is set to begin later this month. Edited April 9, 2015 by Lmichigan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted April 20, 2015 Construction has started on the Outfield Apartments, and the LSJ has released some updated renderings: Scheduled completion is by next April, and there will be 84 units, 6 of which they call "micro-units," which I guess it's just a glorified new spin on studio or efficiency apartments. lol The fan concourse beneath the apartments will be ready by June. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted May 12, 2015 From Downtown Lansing, Inc.'s facebook page: May 8: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted June 5, 2015 View from the third floor (June 4th): Gillespie Group via Facebook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) Another update from the Gillespie Group's facebook page: Edited August 19, 2015 by Lmichigan 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJLO 984 Report post Posted November 5, 2015 I was in Lansing over the weekend and saw these going up I was pretty impressed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted May 2, 2016 Done. $11M Outfield Apartments open in Lansing Lugnuts stadium 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted April 14, 2019 Looks like Lansing Ignite won their first home match. They bit Richmond away, too. They were kind of worried about the weather for ticket sales, but it looks like a decent turnout all things considered. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted April 15, 2019 More from the LSJ: Couch: Lansing Ignite's home debut shows, for fans, soccer in a baseball stadium can work Quote LANSING – I walked into Cooley Law School Stadium on Saturday night hopeful that Lansing Ignite soccer could become a thing in this community. I walked out a couple hours later sure it could happen. Not sure it will. But the ingredients are there. The experience is there to be had. This baseball stadium isn’t perfect for this. But it works. “It’s cool the way they did it,” I overheard one woman say, as she walked by on the concourse before Ignite’s 3-1 win over Richmond in its home debut, in front of an announced crowd of 3,369. It is cool. There are bad seats, no doubt. The best seats for baseball, behind home plate, are the worst for soccer. You’re too removed from the action. But just about everywhere else is a decent, good or great spot to sit or stand and absorb the game. I'm still really skeptical after seeing pictures of the entire empty space behind home plate. People crowded two the sides, understandably. I still really think they should have started out at the Hope Soccer Complex. Professional soccer can work here; the turnout shows an interest that could grow, but the ballpark is a horrible set-up if even a great venue from the perspective of being right downtown and fans going out before and after the game. In my opinion, the best outcome would be for a purpose-built stadium to be built a block to the north (north of Shiawassee). Olsdmobile Park shows that a stadium can work between Cedar and Larch for baseball as confined as it is, and soccer would need even less space so it'd be a perfect fit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted July 15, 2019 Ha! I was wondering what the noise was. lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The ATX 1279 Report post Posted July 15, 2019 I like your new User name. I missed this one. It turned out pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RustTown 60 Report post Posted August 17, 2019 Great season so far: https://twitter.com/lansingignite/status/1162537853861158913 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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RustTown 60 Report post Posted August 28, 2019 Rotary Park a block from the stadium has opened: Rotary Park opens with plaza, artificial beach near Lansing's Grand River downtown Quote LANSING — A recreation area complete with a lighted forest, a fireplace and a sandy artificial beach has opened downtown along the eastern bank of the Grand River. Rotary Park, a $1.8 million project constructed using private donations, is free for the public to access from dawn to dusk near the site of the Lansing City Market building. The beach features trucked-in sand and does not touch the water. A seawall will discourage visitors from swimming in the Grand River. The city of Lansing will help maintain the park, which includes a plaza with tables and umbrellas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
