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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 4160106, member: 27"] This is perhaps the worst take in the history of this message board. It looks like you are referencing ADA rules for normal buildings. No link was provided but I see no references to sports facilities in the text you have copied and pasted from somewhere. The dome is a sports facility that hosts spectators. There are special rules for these kinds of buildings to ensure disabled fans have access to watch events in these buildings. These rules are markedly more onerous than the rules for normal buildings. This said, if you do any research on ADA for sports facilities, you will find that the laws are not clear. There are inconsistencies and some sections of the law are poorly written and can be interpreted in different ways. A bunch of sport facilities have seen lawsuits after undergoing a renovation because some thought the renovated faculties were not ADA compliant. At least one sports facility won their lawsuit by arguing that the laws were not clear and were subject to different interpretations. Perhaps someday SU will do the same thing. SUAD isn’t stupid. They want fans in the stands. They regularly ask for feedback from fans regarding the fan experience and the most common compliant is the uncomfortable seating. It is in their best interest to address fan concerns, especially when the cost to address the concern is relatively low. And the cost to install individual seat is relatively low. Assuming the only cost was to change the type of seating used. No offense to you, but you clearly have no idea what you are talking about here. Appreciate your attempt to contribute but you are completely off base here. I still think the feds took an extreme position in their response to an SUAD inquiry and that has driven this standoff. I believe in time, SUAD will revisit this and eventually more reasonable people will get involved and a compromise will be reached. But the feds responsible for ADA inquiries gave SUAD gave a crazy answer and that has derailed this project. This is a fact. [/QUOTE]

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