“We hope to make the final decision on the conceptual design of the stadium,” Marlins president David Samson said. “Once you have the conceptual design, that’s what enables us to go forward with the release of the renderings.”

For months, ideas have been tossed around. Soon a definitive look of the state-of-the-art park will be drawn up.

As of now, any rough sketches that may have appeared in public over the past few years are loosely drawn-up pictures.

“We feel very happy that we can get a date,” said Samson of the upcoming meeting. “This is the conceptual design of what the stadium will look like.”

The team has already said the ballpark will have a modern look, and it will incorporate the personality of the Miami area, while showing recognition to the history of the Orange Bowl and Florida baseball.

Since starting this exclusive series of stadium updates with MLB.com, Samson has encouraged stadium-related e-mail suggestions from fans. Thus far, he’s received about 1,000 e-mails, ranging from local to international.

“Some of them are very interesting and worth considering,” Samson said. “Some of them are impossible to consider, either because they are not cost effective or because they are not realistic. But I want to thank our fans from around the world who are taking this process very seriously.”