The newest MLB stadiums, from Globe Life Field (2020) to the 21st-century ballpark wave. When each park opened, what makes modern ballparks different, and how to plan a visit.
Most of baseball's newest parks opened in a building boom that ran through the 2000s and 2010s, replacing multipurpose stadiums with baseball-first designs. Globe Life Field (2020) is the newest, and Truist Park (2017) is the most recent to open before it.
Newer ballparks tend to pair wider concourses, local food, and better sightlines with features the older parks can't match — retractable roofs in hot or rainy climates, and mixed-use districts like Atlanta's Battery or the neighborhoods built around several downtown parks.
Use the Chasing Stadiums stadium guides to check transit, food, and neighborhood tips for each park, then track the ones you've visited toward all 30. Always confirm game dates on the home team's schedule.
Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, which opened in 2020, is the newest MLB ballpark. It has a retractable roof and is home to the Texas Rangers.
After Globe Life Field (2020), the most recent parks are Truist Park (2017), loanDepot park (2012), Target Field (2010), Yankee Stadium and Citi Field (both 2009), and Nationals Park (2008).
The majority of MLB ballparks opened since 2000, during a wave of baseball-first stadium construction that replaced older multipurpose venues.