If Oriole Park were a graceful stroll into the past, PSINet Stadium is a rocket blast into the future. It's bigger, bolder, and brawnier than its intimate, old-fashioned neighbor. I can't imagine any building supplanting Oriole Park. Both stadiums are the work of HOK Sports Facilities Group of Kansas City, a leading designer of sports architecture around the world. For its follow-up to Oriole Park, HOK has produced a technologically sophisticated building that is likely to be as well received for football as its cousin has been for baseball.
Seats are close to the action while offering dramatic views of the city.
Lounges and corporate suites are posh, without being predictable. Graphics are understated but effective. The building has an honesty that befits Baltimore, with its working-class heritage. It makes subtle references to the area's history, from an old piano factory to the prehistoric forest that once occupied the site. It will be well served by mass transit.