Pirates' vice-president Steve Greenberg said, "We said when construction began that we would build the best ballpark in baseball, and we believe we've done that."[1] Major League Baseball executive Paul Beeston said the park was "the best he's seen so far in baseball".[55] Many of the workers who built the park said that it was the nicest that they had seen.[41] Jason Kendall, Pittsburgh's catcher at the opening of the park, called PNC Park "the most beautiful ballpark in the game".[56] Different elements of PNC Park were used in the design of New York's Citi Field.[57]