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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 3140520, member: 27"] I agree that the new roof looks strange and is not great looking. The problem is that the dome was designed to support an air supported roof. Retro fitting it after the fact with a nice, state of the art full steel roof would be great but doing it would have been a dumb move and would have hurt the fans in the long run. Let's talk about that design that was accidentally released early on with the renovation talks that featured a steel roof. It looked nice. It looked really nice. But replacing a roof that is mostly kevlar and teflon, light enough to be held up by air, with a full steel roof would have been far more expensive than the direction we went in. I am quite sure the cost of the steel alone would be over $100 million more. Then you have the problem of the walls, which would have had to be strengthened a lot more than just adding 8 'X' braces. Steel weighs a lot more than the PTFE we are using for half of roof. So a $100 million dollar project becomes maybe a $300 million dollar project. And what do you get in terms of functionality going with a roof that costs 3 times more than the one we are getting? Nothing. You could argue that you take a hit because you would have less natural light in the facility if we went with the steel roof. The important thing was getting a fixed roof in place. We had to address the huge risks we have been dealing with from the day the dome opened regarding collapse in the wake of a major snow storm. We had to remove all the headaches and limitations working in an air supported facility impose on us. And it had to be done now, with the last air supported roof nearing the end of its life. I would much rather see that extra $200 million some want to spend on a steel roof spent on things that matter; a new scoreboard; more bathrooms, better sound and lighting systems, air conditioning, more comfortable seats, more elevators and escalators, and yes, wider concourses. While I am not a great fan of the new look, I like the use of the white steel. It looks distinctive and kind of cool. The engineering concepts are right out there for you to see. I prefer the crown truss look we will have to the porcupine spike look the Vancouver facility has. It went through a similar renovation from an air supported roof to a fixed roof. It looks like an angry, snow covered used car lot. [IMG]http://d3e1m60ptf1oym.cloudfront.net/48023bd8-3710-4a6b-9b57-cd8f9b122598/19-08-2015-3146_xgaplus.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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