The original consultant’s solution was to simply extend all the existing wiring to the new location at the third baseline. Garth Hemphill and his team saw a better path.

Rather than running hundreds of metres of extended cabling — with all the noise, signal degradation, and maintenance headaches that would create — the existing termination point was consolidated into a single equipment closet. All incoming signals convert to network-based audio, video, and control systems at that point, then travel via fibre to the new control room where they’re broken back out again. Bi-directional, elegant, and far more functional than the alternative.

The relocation became an opportunity for comprehensive improvement. New camera positions were installed, loudspeaker systems completely renovated, and the digital signal processing — the brain of the entire building — replaced with modern equipment. The result is a control room that’s not just relocated but genuinely upgraded.

The design scope also included the Diamond Club that now occupies the original control room space. Sitting beneath the seating rake with no direct sightlines to the field, an immersive experience was created using projection mapping and carefully positioned audio. Two panoramic cameras in the stadium feed a stitched, mapped projection across a stepped ceiling, with scoreboard insets and ambient audio from crowd and bat-crack microphones recreating the feeling of being right behind home plate. The space also converts seamlessly for corporate events and private functions when games aren’t on.