Janet Marie Smith, Dodgers, Senior Vice President of Planning and Development - WIB

Early days studying architecture and design in Mississippi
& New York

Janet Marie Smith’s work with Fenway, Dodgers Stadium, Camden
Yards, Ed Smith ballpark

Janet Marie has been recognized by Cooperstown Hall of Fame
in the Diamond Dreams exhibit

Breakdown of 3 genres of baseball parks

Renovations at Dodgers Stadium

Camden Yards is the vision of Larry Lucchino – intimacy of an
Old-fashioned ballpark 

Governor’s support of the Orioles after losing the football
team to Indianapolis

Working within restrictions & a tether 

Preservation & Environmental impact 

Controversy of keeping the old warehouse on Eutaw Street

Ballparks are not uniform with fixed architecture and
field measurements



Challenge of upgrading Fenway in Dodgers Stadium 

3 Drivers to any project, The Schedule, The Design & the
Scope of the project

Stagger work on projects so that team may return to their
home field each year

Expansion of MLB teams with Montreal, Salt Lake & others

Dodger Stadium expansion of the clubhouse this offseason –
adding square footage that will include accommodating 

batting cages

 women

mental health

nutrition 



Ballpark Changes

Perry Barber, Umpire 

Accommodations for women in the game

2000 – 2005 construction included umpire rooms for men
and women to dress in separate areas and have a common room
to meet

PNC Park & others were built to give that room to
women umpires were not used as women have not been brought up
into MLB. Some of that room has been repurposed to Mascots,
etc.



Advancement of Women in Baseball across several different
disciplines, Finance, Legal, Public Relations, Ticketing,
Nutrition, Mental Health

Janet Marie - sometimes best ideas come from people with
background outside off sports

Frank Robinson – ultimate insider – secret weapon on
development on Camden Yards

Larry Lucchino posits – How can the 2 smallest parks pull the
greatest number of fans to the field

Women in the game today, Catie Griggs, President of Business
Operations, Baltimore Orioles as well as Kim Ng former GM of the
Marlins

Celebrating Toni Stone 



You have been listening to a Women in Baseball edition of
BaseballBiz On Deck, with special guest, Janet Marie Smith,
Senior Vice President of Planning and Development for the Los
Angeles Dodgers. 


 Special Thanks to Gianna Daniece & Rick Vaughn for
making this episode possible.


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