Renderings of Rangers new stadium sure look like Astros' Minute Maid Park

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Renderings of the Texas Rangers' soon-to-be-built ballpark were released Thursday and they sure look awfully familiar.

The retractable-roof stadium's renderings feature arches in the left-field concourse and bleachers high up on the left-field wall that look a lot like what the Astros have at Minute Maid Park. We assume the artist merely forgot to include the train tracks in left field that would complete the copycat job. Or maybe, the Rangers could move those fences back in center field and put a hill out there.

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The renderings were released as part of an announcement that Dallas-based HKS would be the architect of the new ballpark, which will be built in Arlington near the current Globe Life Park.

Rangers officials say the park's design is still a work in progress.

Construction is set to begin late this year and isn't scheduled to be open for business until 2020.

An artist rendering of the new baseball stadium for the Texas Rangers being designed by HKS of Dallas, shown at a press conference Thursday in Arlington. An artist rendering of the new baseball stadium for the Texas Rangers being designed by HKS of Dallas, shown at a press conference Thursday in Arlington. Photo: HKS Photo: HKS Image 1 of / 29 Caption Close Renderings of Rangers new stadium sure look like Astros' Minute Maid Park 1 / 29 Back to Gallery

In November, Arlington voters approved spending $500 million of public funds to build the $1 billion stadium. Globe Life Park - which opened in 1994 without a retractable roof, despite Arlington's sweltering summers - will be redeveloped as part of the Texas Live! complex, which will include sports bars, restaurants and a hotel.