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Fenway Park should be made a landmark once the team stops playing there, so it doesn't get torn down.
The proposed plan for that years ago was to take down the seating structure, but leave the field, wall, and foul poles, and pave the infield with cobblestone.
And then I'd imagine they'd add new walkways or fences around it, and some statues of Red Sox legends or moments etc.
I don't think any of that will happen anytime soon though. That new field went kaput after the new ownership came in. They've put a bunch of money into it to make it modern. Plus the demand for tickets and nostalgia/preservation has never been higher. I'm sure way less people are in favor of a change now than 10 years ago, and it was always a touchy issue.
The businesses surrounding the ballpark (and there are a lot) would suffer greatly. Plus the zoning for a new park would be really difficult. Fenway is right in the middle of downtown Boston. It's right on top of everything else. It's not on the outskirts of a much larger city like New York or Chicago, and there's really no room for anything else.
There is no way they could build a new park even remotely near the current location unless they bought up boatloads of property, and even still I'm not sure if it could work with the city's layout.
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