RoughRiders hope to make lazy river ‘signature visual’ at Frisco’s Dr Pepper Ballpark

Grab your beach towels.

The Frisco RoughRiders are hoping to make a splash this summer. The Rangers’ Double A affiliate plans to build a lazy river behind the right field wall and have it completed early this summer. Owner Chuck Greenberg said the oval-shaped design will be longer than 200 feet and 30 percent longer than an Olympic-sized pool. A wall of water will fall across the entire front of the river with 22-foot wide and 18 feet high water curtains behind it.

The river idea, which should be formally announced soon, follows massive improvements Greenberg implemented in 2015, including a new video board, sound system and an LED lighting system on the outfield wall .

“They’re great but you can see things like that at other major league facilities in the market,” said Greenberg, who joked that he dreamed up the idea after a late night pizza and a “bizarre dream.”

“I wanted to come up with something that would be the signature visual element of the ballpark for as long as it’s here. Something that will be completely unique that no one else will replicate,” he said. “It also enables us to hold Vegas-style pool parties on the off days. It will make us a hospitality company that plays 70 baseball games.”

The river will mainly be used on a group reservation basis but the club plans to make each Thursday night and other select nights open to individual fans with the purchase of special lazy river game tickets.

This story was originally published January 30, 2016 at 2:41 PM with the headline "RoughRiders hope to make lazy river ‘signature visual’ at Frisco’s Dr Pepper Ballpark."