The famed racetrack has been converted to host baseball for the showcase. Over 85,000 fans were expected on hand for the first-of-its-kind event. MLB's previous attendance record was 84,587 fans at a 1954 game in Cleveland featuring the New York Yankees.

It only took driving up to the structure to have him sold. He was hooked by the vastness and grandness of the facility, the spectacle it would be to play baseball in such a place. He and his MLB colleagues walked inside,