Background is visible in the background.On May 20, 2016, the Rangers announced that they would vacate
Globe Life Park. The new stadium was to be constructed in a public/private partnership and have a
retractable roof. The ballpark was approved on the following Election Day.
HKS, Inc. was announced as the architect on January 5, 2017. On January 31, 2019, the Rangers announced that the playing surface of Globe Life Field would be carpeted with synthetic grass supplied by Shaw Sports Turf, making them one of only five major league teams to play their home games on artificial turf. The Rangers cited weather as the reason why attendance at Globe Life Park was lower than in other baseball stadiums in major metropolitan areas, as the area is prone to high temperatures and frequent rain, and also why the venue, despite being barely two decades old, was wearing out far more quickly than ballparks of a similar age such as
Progressive Field and
Coors Field. Therefore, the Rangers proposed that their new ballpark be constructed with a retractable roof. Unlike its predecessors, the new stadium's center field faces northeast rather than southeast. A new shopping mall, a
Loews Hotel, and a ballpark village were planned to go along with the new stadium. After the Rangers left Globe Life Park, it was then to be renovated for football and soccer use and renamed Choctaw Stadium. The plans to build the stadium generated a mixed reaction. The new stadium offers a more comfortable environment to watch baseball but extended existing taxes used to pay for AT&T Stadium. According to
The Dallas Morning News, "The deal calls for the city to issue $500 million in bonds to help pay for the stadium. A half-cent of sales tax, 2% hotel occupancy tax and 5% car rental tax would pay off those bonds over an estimated 30 years. Voters also approved a ticket tax of up to 10% and parking tax of up to $3 at the new stadium. That money would be used for some of the Rangers' portion of the debt, which was criticized by the opposition campaign." On December 14, 2019, a section of the roof caught fire while under construction.
Opening Globe Life Field was originally scheduled to open on March 23, 2020, but because of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the
2020 Major League Baseball season was delayed for several months. Globe Life Field opened for a high-school graduation on May 29, 2020. On July 24, 2020, the Rangers hosted their first regular-season game against the
Colorado Rockies, which they won 1-0. The Rangers played two exhibition games against the Rockies on July 21 and 22 at Globe Life Field.
Joey Gallo hit the first
home run at the stadium on July 26.
2020 MLB postseason Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball announced on September 15, 2020, that it would implement a playoff "bubble". Globe Life Field and
Minute Maid Park in
Houston shared the
2020 National League Division Series second-round playoff series, with one series in Houston and the other in Arlington. The
2020 National League Championship Series and the
2020 World Series were played exclusively at Globe Life Field. MLB allowed fans to attend games at Globe Life during the NLCS and World Series.
Naming rights Globe Life and Accident Insurance Company owns the naming rights for the facility through 2048.
Ranger statue On March 2, 2026, the
One Riot, One Ranger statue, which had previously been installed at
Dallas Love Field airport from 1961 until its removal in 2020, was installed in the left field concourse at Globe Life Field. The statue was modeled after Jay Banks, a former
Texas Ranger officer known for enforcing
school segregation at
Mansfield High School and
Texarkana Junior College in 1956. The Rangers received backlash for the installation from local community organizations, including the NAACP Arlington chapter. The team has declined to comment on the statue's installation in subsequent media requests. ==Dimensions==