Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

[WagonCircler]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

YES. This absurd idea about keeping the roof open in the cold for a home field advantage has been floating around for some time. Of all the stadium scenarios, this one has the smallest chance of becoming a reality, and its not even close. Zero percent chance. Not even 0.00001%. ZERO.

WTF? It's not about keeping the roof open for a home field advantage on bad weather days. NOBODY thinks that. It's about the WNY tradition of getting the most out of every nice day we have here. And it's about not having to watch football in a stale, sterile ****ing indoor building when it's gorgeous 60 degrees outside.

There are maybe two bad weather games every season. Why ruin the other games by sticking them inside a nasty dark hole of an indoor stadium. We spend 4 or 5 months a year indoors, and it SUCKS. Indoor football sucks giant bags of dicks.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

WTF? It's not about keeping the roof open for a home field advantage on bad weather days. NOBODY thinks that. It's about the WNY tradition of getting the most out of every nice day we have here. And it's about not having to watch football in a stale, sterile ****ing indoor building when it's gorgeous 60 degrees outside.

There are maybe two bad weather games every season. Why ruin the other games by sticking them inside a nasty dark hole of an indoor stadium. We spend 4 or 5 months a year indoors, and it SUCKS. Indoor football sucks giant bags of dicks.

If it's 60 degrees outside, a retractable dome will almost certainly be closed.

The four NFL teams that currently have retractable roofs (Dallas, Arizona, Houston, and Colts) average playing 67% of their games with the roof closed (basically 5 of their home games). These are for the most part warm weather teams who still get weather in the 70's into December.

Atlanta went through this same discussion a couple of years ago, and Blank decided on a retractable roof that most people here know will rarely be open past September.

[WagonCircler]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

If it's 60 degrees outside, a retractable dome will almost certainly be closed.

The four NFL teams that currently have retractable roofs (Dallas, Arizona, Houston, and Colts) average playing 67% of their games with the roof closed (basically 5 of their home games). These are for the most part warm weather teams who still get weather in the 70's into December.

Atlanta went through this same discussion a couple of years ago, and Blank decided on a retractable roof that most people here know will rarely be open past September.

I'm totally convinced that you didn't pull those stats out of your ass.

Really, I am.

And even if they are, that's them, this is not. Terry marches to a different drummer. He listens to what fans want.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

I'm totally convinced that you didn't pull those stats out of your ass.

Really, I am.

And even if they are, that's them, this is not. Terry marches to a different drummer. He listens to what fans want.

http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/nfl-teams-tend-keep-retractable-roofs-closed/nWcNT/

Really not too hard to Google the topic.

You're right he does, but that means absolutely nothing when it comes to the topic we're talking about. If it's 60 degrees, a retractable roof will be closed.

[stuckincincy]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

Population is simultaneously draining out of WNY, and aging. I can't see any sense of any public money going into building a new stadium, other than spending $ for access to a privately built property.

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

Population is simultaneously draining out of WNY, and aging. I can't see any sense of any public money going into building a new stadium, other than spending $ for access to a privately built property.

Better check the numbers again before talking out of your ass.

[stuckincincy]

Re: Do You Really Want A New Stadium With A Dome?

Better check the numbers again before talking out of your ass.

Really? Check your own numbers before attempting to bluff...

http://www.ppgbuffalo.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/population-2012-garcia2.pdf