Shea stadium (NY Mets) was completed in 1970 for 15-25 million depending on who you read. The new Mets stadium was recently completed at one billion. Inflation only explains a fraction of the price increase for this and the Tappan Zee Bridge. My take is the new stadium is more luxuriously built. Americans were modest in 1970 about what they expected in a baseball park. Factor two is tons more Gov’t regulations and need to hire expensive lawyers and architects to comply with them
Mens rooms in the old stadiums were stinkin holes. One just had a long piece of sheet steel you pissed against communally. This was good enough for me but no stadium today is built like this.
I've been in some Country bars and dance halls that have exactly that type of accommodation. Yeah it stinks by the end of the night. But it works well and it saves on flush water. And it's easy to hit when you're staggering.
One local bar owner painted little black dots on the center of the sheet that looked like houseflies. It improved everybody's aim considerably. You're a guy so you know what I mean. LOL.