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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1792427, member: 27"]
No, you are wrong on this too.

Spending $20 million to replace the roof every 15 years is problematic but there are other issues.  The material for the roof is becoming harder to get because there are almost no air supported domes around any longer.

Worse still is the track record of air supported domes.  Virtually every one of them has had at least one disastrous collapse that led to the facility being unavailable for use for months.  None are located in a area that gets the snowfall that Syracuse gets.  SU has been extraordinarily fortunate that we haven't had a major collapse, where multiple pieces of fabric are ripped and need to be replaced.  Pete Sala and his crew have done a great job but they can't continue this run of luck forever.  What would happen if the dome was destroyed in a collapse due to a major snow storm over say the Christmas holiday week one year?  If the dome was not available for 4 or 5 months, where would the basketball team play?  What would happen with the 20K season ticket holders who could not possibly have their tickets honored?

SU had to mitigate the risk.  They had to implement a better solution to eliminate this doomsday scenario, just like Detroit, Minneapolis, Vancouver, Indianapolis all did over time, almost all with newer facilities than the Carrier Dome.  The surprising thing is how long it took to address the situation.
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