A new way to experience Orioles games is coming to Camden Yards in 2026.

The Orioles on Wednesday announced plans for a premium club behind home plate, replacing the current press box with an “immersive indoor-outdoor experience” as part of a package that also includes VIP parking, a private entrance and a rotating upscale food and beverage menu. It will have the capacity for 380 people.

Construction will begin after the 2025 season, and it’s expected to be completed by opening day 2026, in line with the previously announced projects of new LED scoreboards and an upgraded sound system at the ballpark. The projects will be funded as part of the $400 million in bond financing allocated by the Maryland Stadium Authority for Camden Yards upgrades, a provision of the team’s December 2023 lease agreement that will keep the team in Baltimore through at least 2038. It’s not clear how much this project will cost.

The Jim Henneman Press Box, named after the late Orioles official scorer and longtime Baltimore sportswriter, will be moved directly adjacent to the current press box space. It will include heating and air conditioning, operable windows, new TV monitors and a dining space. Camden Yards offers the media one of the closest views of the playing field of any press box in MLB, and the new space will be on the same level, though no longer directly behind home plate.

The public funding for these alterations stem from a 2022 law passed by the Maryland General Assembly and stamped by then-Gov. Larry Hogan that allows the MSA, which owns Oriole Park and the Ravens’ M&T Bank Stadium, to borrow $1.2 billion for updates to the two venues. To receive the full amount, though, each team was required to sign a lease agreement that lasted long enough for the state to pay off the bonds. State lottery revenue is expected to pay off the bonds.

The Ravens quickly signed a lease agreement through 2037 to gain access to roughly $450 million, but the Orioles and then-CEO and Chairman John Angelos dragged out negotiations, eventually agreeing just weeks before the deadline to a 15-year lease that can extend as long as 30 years. A few months later, the Angelos family sold its stake in the team to a group led by now-owner David Rubenstein.

That agreement guarantees the ballclub will remain at Oriole Park through 2038 and gives it access to about $400 million of the $600 million in bond financing. The other $200 million hinges on the team and the state extending the lease, which can be done through 2053 if the sides agree to a ground lease. More changes could also be coming to the surrounding area as Rubenstein works to negotiate a development rights agreement for the state-owned parking lots around the ballpark.

The home plate club, new videoboard and sound system in 2026 will be the latest in a series of changes to a ballpark considered to be one of MLB’s crown jewels since its opening in 1992. Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias implemented a plan entering the 2022 season to drastically alter the left field dimensions, pushing the wall back nearly 30 feet and raising it about 6 feet. After three seasons of the experiment, Elias and company changed course this past offseason, announcing the Orioles would be bringing the wall in for a “happy medium,” admitting the club “overcorrected” in 2022. The changes will bring the left field wall in between 9 and 20 feet and reduce its height between 5 and 6 feet.

The Orioles also took down The Sun sign above the center field scoreboard in February 2023, replacing it last summer with a T. Rowe Price sign. They also added T. Rowe Price signage and a patch to players’ uniforms last season as part of the club’s multiyear partnership with the Baltimore-based investment management firm.

Baltimore Sun reporter Jacob Calvin Meyer contributed to this article. Have a news tip? Contact Matt Weyrich at mweyrich@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/ByMattWeyrich and instagram.com/bymattweyrich.