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  • YardRat
    Well, lookie here...
    • Dec 2004
    • 86195

    1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome




    The game, originally scheduled to kick off at noon CT on Sunday, was postponed on the recommendation of Metrodome officials after the Minneapolis-St. Paul area remained under a winter storm warning, with more than 16 inches of snow reported at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport by 9 p.m. CT on Saturday evening.
    Stadium officials there turned up the heat inside the dome to 95 degrees Saturday afternoon, hoping to hasten the snow removal efforts. But the plan failed.
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  • SquishDaFish
    Lets GO BUFFALO!!
    • Jun 2005
    • 17034

    #2
    Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

    No football team should have a dome. Game was made to be played in the weather

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    • DMBcrew36
      Registered User
      • Feb 2005
      • 5096

      #3
      Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

      It's about accomodating the big money. A lot of people don't want to sit in the cold/elements, and won't pay to do so.

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      • scartown
        Registered User
        • Dec 2008
        • 435

        #4
        Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

        The roof has collapsed



        Wonder where the game will be played now.

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        • YardRat
          Well, lookie here...
          • Dec 2004
          • 86195

          #5
          Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome



          There's a short video to the right.
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          • Dr. Lecter
            Zero for Zero!
            • Mar 2003
            • 67921

            #6
            Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

            Thou shall not play football in a dome.......
            Originally posted by mysticsoto
            Lecter is right in everything he said.

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            • Night Train
              Retired - On Several Levels
              • Jul 2005
              • 33117

              #7
              Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

              Originally posted by scartown
              The roof has collapsed



              Wonder where the game will be played now.
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              • X-Era
                What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
                • Feb 2005
                • 27670

                #8
                Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                Personally Id like a retractable dome. Not for football but for winter events to bring in additional money... Maybe even to bring back the Braves.

                Anyone know what the rules are for deciding whether the dome stays open or closed and when you have to let the opposing team know?

                If I were Ralph and the Fins were headed here in bad weather, I would leave that baby open.

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                • Dujek
                  Hall of Fame Zoner
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 7806

                  #9
                  Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                  Originally posted by Night Train
                  " L.A. would like to welcome our new Viking football squad ! "
                  The very first thing I thought was, "That's the Vikings one step closer to LA"

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                  • X-Era
                    What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
                    • Feb 2005
                    • 27670

                    #10
                    Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

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                    90 minutes before the game. The requirement is that the team has decide by then. In Buffalo this could be a competitive advantage.

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                    • Jan Reimers
                      Thank You, Terry and Kim, for Saving the Bills. Now, Work on the Sabres.
                      • May 2003
                      • 17353

                      #11
                      Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                      Originally posted by Night Train
                      " L.A. would like to welcome our new Viking football squad ! "
                      Unfortunately, this might provide momentum to the folks trying to get a new stadium in the Twin Cities.
                      Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?

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                      • Beebe's Kid
                        Registered User
                        • Nov 2009
                        • 3134

                        #12
                        Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                        Originally posted by X-Era
                        Personally Id like a retractable dome. Not for football but for winter events to bring in additional money... Maybe even to bring back the Braves.

                        Anyone know what the rules are for deciding whether the dome stays open or closed and when you have to let the opposing team know?

                        If I were Ralph and the Fins were headed here in bad weather, I would leave that baby open.
                        The problem with that is the 800 million dollar building is then filled with snow.

                        A retractable roof would never be left open to let the weather in.

                        Football outside is just how it should be.

                        I love how everything is supposed to be designed to attract the "big money." Meanwhile, the unwashed masses like myself keep spending a ton of money on a game that keeps trying to drive home how unimportant we are.

                        The biggest issue about a new stadium, for me, is PSL's. I am have a fundamental opposition to the whole idea. I'd almost undoubtedly do it, but it is ****ing ridiculous. I am all for a little love to the Ralph, and let's go another 20 years there. If they build some domed Mecca, I would like to see how long it takes for those of us that toto every game, to feel out of place. Football in Buffalo at 70 degrees in December?? No thanks.

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                        • Billz_fan
                          Registered User
                          • Jan 2003
                          • 2614

                          #13
                          Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                          Originally posted by X-Era
                          Personally Id like a retractable dome. Not for football but for winter events to bring in additional money... Maybe even to bring back the Braves.

                          Anyone know what the rules are for deciding whether the dome stays open or closed and when you have to let the opposing team know?

                          If I were Ralph and the Fins were headed here in bad weather, I would leave that baby open.
                          Yeah but wouldn't it be adding extra cost for a dome that has drainage for melting snow and rain ?

                          Edit: Just saw Beebe's reply he beat me to it
                          Last edited by Billz_fan; 12-12-2010, 09:25 AM.
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                          • X-Era
                            What this generation tolerates, the next generation will embrace
                            • Feb 2005
                            • 27670

                            #14
                            Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                            Originally posted by Beebe's Kid
                            The problem with that is the 800 million dollar building is then filled with snow.

                            A retractable roof would never be left open to let the weather in.

                            Football outside is just how it should be.

                            I love how everything is supposed to be designed to attract the "big money." Meanwhile, the unwashed masses like myself keep spending a ton of money on a game that keeps trying to drive home how unimportant we are.

                            The biggest issue about a new stadium, for me, is PSL's. I am have a fundamental opposition to the whole idea. I'd almost undoubtedly do it, but it is ****ing ridiculous. I am all for a little love to the Ralph, and let's go another 20 years there. If they build some domed Mecca, I would like to see how long it takes for those of us that toto every game, to feel out of place. Football in Buffalo at 70 degrees in December?? No thanks.
                            So an outdoor facility cant be made retractable by just adding a roof? I mean the current stadium can handle snow but a new one couldn't?

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                            • YardRat
                              Well, lookie here...
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 86195

                              #15
                              Re: 1 reason Buffalo shouldn't get a dome

                              Originally posted by X-Era
                              Personally Id like a retractable dome. Not for football but for winter events to bring in additional money... Maybe even to bring back the Braves.

                              Anyone know what the rules are for deciding whether the dome stays open or closed and when you have to let the opposing team know?

                              If I were Ralph and the Fins were headed here in bad weather, I would leave that baby open.
                              This area can't handle two professional teams anymore let alone adding a third back into the mix. Barring any massive economic boom, we're lucky to hang on to what we've got.
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