A Salute to Major League Baseball and the National Football League
Honor Award
September 17, 2003 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
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The National Building Museum presented its 2003 Honor Award to the National Football League and Major League Baseball, in recognition of the role that new professional sports facilities have played in the revitalization of cities across the country. In recent years, baseball parks and football stadiums have spurred a wide variety of mixed-use, commercial, and residential development that has brought new vitality to underutilized urban areas. Many of these facilities are also outstanding works of architecture, engineering, and construction in their own right, incorporating sensitively designed facades that relate to surrounding structures, pedestrian-friendly access, and innovative structural solutions that allow great flexibility while maximizing spectator comfort.
NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig accepted the shared award in person. The award was presented at an elegant dinner attended by more than 1,000 people, including leaders from the worlds of sports, design and construction, business, journalism, and government.
