Baseball bas: system, fan-shaped roof fortify fan count
The weather was cold and miserable on the Milwaukee Brewers' opening day, April 6, 2001. However, 42,400 fans easily forgot about that while sitting in comfort beneath the roof of the new Miller Park, watching the Brewers beat the Cincinnati Reds.
A quality experience within the stadium was a key reason the Brewers drew 2.8 million fans during 2001 - 74% more than in the previous season. Faced with competing in a small major league market, the Brewers regard the climate-controlled stadium as critical to their efforts to raise the revenue necessary to field a winning team.