In just a few months, fans will finally get a glimpse of the new $611 million baseball stadium rising in Southeast. No longer will they simply be looking at an artists rendering — they’ll get to see the new concourse, the stands, the suites and the field for themselves. And today the Post’s Marc Fisher poses an interesting question — beyond the bricks and mortar, what should the team’s owners offer inside the stadium? After a swing through parks in Cleveland, Detroit and Cincinnati, he has a few ideas to share. He writes:

A big fireworks show after the game. Prominent displays of team history with must-see artifacts of the sort you’d find at the Hall of Fame or the Smithsonian. Local foods, from well-known local eateries. A public address announcer with verve and a sense of fun. Architectural touches that put a big smile on your face.

We couldn’t agree more. But we’d add the following:

A Good Name: Sure, granting the naming rights to a corporation helps offset the stadium’s costs, but there’s something less appealing to walking into Minute Maid Park or AT&T Field than there is to Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park or Wrigley Field. The stadium should reflect the city’s shared history and traditions, not simply help promote another product or service. And while we’d push for Taxation Without Representation Field until District residents get voting rights, anything is better than a stadium named after Chevy Chase Bank, Verizon, Booz Allen or AOL.

Statues: Along the same lines as giving the stadium a good name, it should also be a place that helps celebrate the people that have contributed to the District’s history, whether in politics, sports, arts, architecture or philanthropy. We have no statues of our own in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, so why not put them in a plaza outside the stadium?

The Presidents’ Race: Seeing Abe Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt race across the field might be a little generic — but it’s still hilarious. Roosevelt has to win sometime, and there’s no better place than in the new stadium. This one’s a keeper.

What would you like to see in the new stadium?

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