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Originally Posted by king10
I always wondered, why does the 500 level extend so far up beyond the flood lights on one side but not on the other? It's not symmetrical and they could have increased capacity by a couple thousand seats had the replicated the amount of rows on the other side. (of course now they don't need the extra capacity but when the dome was built bigger was better)
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This image shows why fairly well.
The roof section that goes over the home plate side of the field rotates around past the left field into position. This prevents the stands from extending further back on that side of the field.
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