Talk:Choctaw Stadium

Ballpark in Arlington
Is putting an a.k.a okay? &mdash;The preceding unsigned comment was added by EddieSegoura (talk • contribs).
 * Yep, that seems reasonable since that's the name it's been known as up to this point. (ESkog)(Talk) 12:35, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Metrodome not retractable
Reading this article leads you to believe the Metrodome was on example of retractable roof technology they could have explored for the Ballpark in Arlington. However Metrodome is not retractable. This is very misleading.

George Bush
In subsection 2.1 Design paragraph 2, it states that George Bush was the Texas Governor when he helped "place home plate." If the first game was 01-Apr-1994 I'm not sure how he could be the Governor if he was elected in November of 1994. I think this should be edited. --ErikkErikkFriberg (talk) 14:10, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Skydome Roof Comparison
This is the first time I've ever read that the retractable roof at the Skydome in Toronto was responsible for the high cost of the facility and none of the narrative about this in the article is referenced. The Skydome was originally conceived to cost $60 million, which grew to $150 million by the time it was approved and about $225 by the time construction had started. There were numerous reasons for Skydome's high cost, including: (1) Lateness - due to a two-month strike - and the overtime and other premiums to have it ready closer to the planned opening (2) Infrastructure (not adequately anticipated from the plans) due to the adjacent railway lines: (i) the John Street Bridge, (ii) the walkway and bridge by the base of the CN Tower and (iii) the Skywalk connecting the area with Union Station. (3) Unanticipated costs of moving the John Street Pumping Station (4) Soil contamination (5) Archeological finds, and (6) Retrofitting the hotel and fitness facility into the design after construction had started, with these two changes responsible for $112MM of the cost overrun, or about 50% of the anticipated cost when construction started. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.63.165.46 (talk) 21:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

I took a look at the article the paragraph was referencing and it is just a general outlook on retractable roofs in general, with no mention of Houston at all. While the information contained in the article is relevant to arguments made against creating such a stadium, I'm not confident that it has its place in this page. It probably belongs in a wiki article on Rogers Centre or baseball stadiums in general. If anyone objects to the paragraph being modified or removed altogether, please feel free to comment. Dustman15 (talk) 20:13, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

2011 accidental death of fan
Fatal fall tragic, but Rangers Ballpark railings meet code, Nolan Ryan says, Dallas Morning News, TOM BENNING and JON NIELSEN, July 9 2011:

"The Tarrant County medical examiner’s office ruled the cause of death as blunt-force trauma caused by a high fall."

Timeline for the accident

"7:33 p.m.: . .  .  He is taken by ambulance to John Peter Smith Hospital but goes into cardiac arrest on the way."


 * Now, our article currently says blunt force trauma. But this news article is talking about both blunt force trauma and heart attack enroute to the hospital. FriendlyRiverOtter (talk) 18:54, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: not moved. A majority of editors supported the move, but they failed to supply either a policy-based reason for ignoring WP:COMMONNAME, or evidence that "Globe Life Park in Arlington" is the common name in reliable sources. As some editors noted, the new WP:OFFICIAL name may become common usage in future, but WP:NOTCRYSTALBALL; if and when that happens, feel free to open a new move request with evidence of common usage. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:12, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington → Globe Life Park in Arlington – The page should be moved to its new, official name per the naming rights agreement. Dooptastic (talk) 22:29, 26 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Wikipedia articles use the WP:COMMONNAME, not the official name. Regardless of the often fleeting and rapidly changing naming rights which so frequently change the official names of many sports venues, the common name rarely changes. --Rushton2010 (talk) 02:50, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong Support - By the logic of the person above, the article should be at the nickname rather than the actual name of the stadium. WP:COMMONNAME is a great policy, but I don't feel it can be properly applied here. This is a stadium here, not a person. The stadiums name has changed, and precedent says the article's name changes with it.  CRRays Head90  | #WelcomeHome 17:56, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - Per WP practice on stadium titles. Reliable sources/mainstream media seem to always honor the sponsored name, so it certainly will be (is already?) the WP:COMMONNAME. See AT&T Stadium, Progressive Field, etc. Woodshed (talk) 03:45, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose for now. If the new name becomes WP:COMMONNAME in 6 months raise another RM then. Zarcadia (talk) 17:05, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong Support. WP:COMMONNAME is more fitting for people and long-term institutions, not ballparks; this is the official name of the place.  Besides, if we were being strict about it, wouldn't we have it as The Ballpark in Arlington (for that's its most common name?) Tom Danson (talk) 19:21, 5 March 2014 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Protested closure
I don't know if I can actually do this, but I'm gonna try. I would like to protest the closing admin's decision. The decision not to move it because the supporters didn't name a policy is irrelevant. The point is the consensus leaned towards move based on precedent. I would like a second admin to take a look at this.  CRRays Head90  | #WelcomeHome 22:04, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Reverting page move made by blocked user back to the 25 Feb title
On grounds of WP:BLOCK EVASION, I have reverted the page move and edits made on 25 February 2014 by a sockpuppet of a banned user. Among this person's editing habits (although not the primary reason why he was blocked in the first place) is moving and editing stadium articles back to their original names as a personal protest against naming rights, regardless of the current WP:COMMONAME or other WP:NAME guidelines. The banned user then edited the resulting redirect, which is most likely why a non-admin had to imitate the requested move discussion above one day later because (s)he could now not revert it him/herself. As noted in the discussion, the RM ended with no consensus and thus a non-move. However, that should mean that the page's title should be at "Globe Life Park in Arlington", what it was before the banned user made those edits in violation of the block (per WP:BLOCK EVASION, "the presumption in ambiguous cases should be to revert"). Again, the presumption is that the blocked user moved this article back to "Rangers Ballpark in Arlington" solely as part of his soapboxing against the concept of naming rights, but the RM discussion did not provide evidence either way about what the current common name is (see also the second paragraph of WP:BLOCK). Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:00, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Occupation of fans notable?
In the Accidents section, why is it noted that two of the fans who fell over railings were firefighters? Their occupation had noting to do with the accidents; they were spectators. The first fanwho was intoxicated, no occupation ins noted.97.89.232.84 (talk) 11:30, 9 May 2014 (UTC)

Fence heights?
Does anyone know, and can anyone share with the rest of the world, how high the fences are in this ballpark's outfield?

Yugiohfan2010 (talk) 03:41, 27 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Per the team's official website, the dimensions of the fences are eight feet tall in center and right, fourteen feet tall in left. 138.163.0.41 (talk) 19:44, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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Error on Owner Name
I noticed that the owner is listed as Mitch Haniger. The Seattle Mariner's have an outfielder named Mitch Haniger. I assume this is an error and done as a prank. Or is there a different Mitch Haniger? I could not find any Mitch Haniger associated with the Rangers Organization. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golfer91 (talk • contribs) 19:52, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Edits to Reflect 8/8/19 Company Brand Change
I have a COI since I work for Globe Life

Update Last Sentence of Opening Paragraph To:

Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company, a subsidiary of McKinney-based Globe Life, bought the naming rights for the facility on February 5, 2014.

Laurettashokler (talk) 19:27, 15 August 2019 (UTC)


 * ✅. Your requested update has been applied! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SportsFan007 (talk • contribs) 20:43, 15 August 2019 (UTC)

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Use of 'Choctaw Stadium' in history section before renaming?
Is it right to use the 2021 rename to refer to things that happened before the rename? The history section is really strange, using the new name when the sources refer to the old one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.12.94.39 (talk) 03:40, 8 December 2021 (UTC)