Trusted with the renovation of the oldest ballpark in the major leagues.
Home to the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park resounds with the echoes of great baseball players: Cy Young and Babe Ruth to name a few. Fenway Park hosted its first professional baseball game on April 20, 1912. Now, more than 90 years later, the new ownership of the team, lead by John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino, began a focus to save the historic ballpark.
In 2002, Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse was retained as the Program Manager for the $100 million plus renovation of Fenway Park, the oldest baseball park in the major leagues. With oversight responsibilities that include management of the architects and construction management teams, SBER has produced improvements such as the popular Green Monster Seats, the Big Concourse expansion and the addition of 1,500 new seats.
Popular components of the project include the 2002 addition of Yawkey Way to an "inside the turnstiles area," the 2003 creation of 284 seats atop the famed 37' high left field wall known as the Green Monster, the 2004 creation of tables, chairs and a 60'6" bar (the same length as from the pitcher's mound to home plate) constructed of wood from a former bowling alley next door, and the on-going expansion of the concourses which have been widened by growing into adjacent buildings on the tight urban site.
In 2005, SBER put together an application for the Boston Red Sox to submit to the Massachusetts Historic Commission to place Fenway Park on the National Historic Register. The multi-year renovation plan calls for increasing capacity by 10%, bringing the historic building up to code and improving the fan amenities.
Focus is also being given to the surrounding neighborhood as the Red Sox seek to insure the historic scale of the immediate area, maintaining views to the popular landmark Citgo sign, enhancing public transit and improving parking.