# Indoor Baseball Stadium? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** baseball-mlb\ **Created:** [October 30, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-baseball-stadium/842714 "2019-10-30T20:07:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-baseball-stadium/842714/1 "2019-10-30T20:07:00Z")
How high off the floor is the lowest point of the roof (indoor) of an indoor baseball stadium?. How much height/distance is allowed beyond what is thought to be the highest a ball will be hit? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-baseball-stadium/842714/2 "2019-10-30T20:11:23Z")
I don’t know. It varies. I don’t think there’s a rule. Sometimes a ball hits the rafters in Tampa Bay. In the old Kingdome the ball would sometimes hit a speaker hanging from the roof in fair territory ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-baseball-stadium/842714/3 "2019-10-30T20:18:30Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I don’t know. It varies. I don’t think there’s a rule. Sometimes a ball hits the rafters in Tampa Bay. In the old Kingdome the ball would sometimes hit a speaker hanging from the roof in fair territory And, balls occasionally hit the roof (and even [got lost in the roof](https://www.mlb.com/cut4/dave-kingman-fly-ball-against-twins-goes-into-metrodome-roof/c-227649908)) in the old Metrodome in Minneapolis. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-baseball-stadium/842714/4 "2019-10-30T20:53:08Z")
The lowest roof at a MLB ballpark currently belongs to the Diamondbacks’ Chase Field, which ranges between 180’ and 200’. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-baseball-stadium/842714/5 "2019-10-31T02:11:16Z")
The peak of the roof at the old Houston Astrodome was a little over 200’ (sources vary). Any ball hitting the dome, the superstructure, or the speakers was considered in play. The Metrodome in Minneapolis was a mere 186’. The Kingdome in Seattle was a stately 250’. Despite the Kingdome’s height,[it was the scene of two bizarre plays](https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/08/sports/sports-of-the-times-domeball-it-s-not-baseball.html) - a sure home run for Willie Horton that hit a speaker and fell more or less straight down for a single; and fly balls hit by Bob Watson in two consecutive games that hit the speakers. One dropped for a double, the other for a triple.