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Marlins Stadium Update No. 24 hours (Webcam edition)

obsite.jpgEarlier this month, the Marlins installed flag poles on the dirt where the Orange Bowl used to stand to signify the location of the baseball diamond in the team’s new ballpark.

Three flags representing the Marlins, Miami-Dade County and city of Miami, are at home plate. First base features a flag for architect Populous (formerly HOK Sport); second base has the U.S. flag; and third base has a flag for Hunt/Moss – the joint venture construction manager for the ballpark.

Now, you cannot only get a glimpse of the flags, but you can watch the dirt at the location. Literally. The team has installed a webcam that will provide updated images from the site every 15 minutes. You can access the camera at the team's Web site. One has to hope this will become more exciting once ground is actually broken – expected sometime in July.


“This exciting, state-of-the-art technology allows us to share the historic construction of our new home with Marlins fans everywhere,” Marlins Senior Vice President of Ballpark Development Claude Delorme said in a statement. “Everyone can now follow the increased activity on the site as groundbreaking quickly approaches.”

For now, you can zoom in to see where the flags are placed and see the downtown Miami skyline, which is to be the view beyond the outfield in the $515 million, 37,000-seat, retractable-roof venue. You can even check out photos from the previous days by hour, but other than getting lighter or darker, there isn’t much that could be called activity yet. Update: no, it's not downtown - it's Coral Gables.

The ballpark is to have a southeast orientation, according to a release from the team, and be situated on land bordered by Northwest 6th Street on the north, Northwest 4th Street on the south, Northwest 16th Avenue to the west, and Northwest 14th Avenue to the east.

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It was a very nice idea! Just wanna say thank you for the information you have shared. Just continue writing this kind of post. I will be your loyal reader. Thanks again.

It is so frustrating to watch the errors and over aggressive bad decisions we are making. I want to puke all over the

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It is so frustrating to watch the errors and over aggressive bad decisions we are making. I want to puke all over the new field as well...

Every new ball park built in the last 10 years or so have used webcams to keep the fans posted on construction status.

Go to twinsbaseball.com to see the webcams that the TWINS have installed on the site of their new park which is scheduled to open next year.

Thank you - you are right. It's not downtown Miami, it's Coral Gables. My bad - but shouldn't it be a view of downtown Miami, for full effect?

You're right- it's downtown Coral Gables.

You CANNOT see the downtown Miami skyline from this webcam.

You CANNOT see the downtown Miami skyline from this webcam.

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SARAH TALALAY
After a decade as a news reporter in New Jersey, Southern California, Chicago and South Broward, Talalay decided to trade in covering meetings about city government and schools for meetings about sports deals and stadium finance...
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