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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1044731, member: 27"]
Agreed, there are many factors in play and the issues SU is dealing with are complex.

IMHO, the biggest issue with the Dome today is the roof and the risk that something will happen to it someday that will shut it down for an extended period.

Snow is the enemy of the air supported dome structures.  It is a minor miracle that the Carrier Dome, located in the city with the heaviest annual snowfall of any major city in the country, has not had a major incident to date.

Whatever SU elects to do, the most important thing, IMHO, is to mitigate the risk that the roof gets ripped in a major snowstorm by replacing it with something more stable and able to handle major snow accumulations.

I am not an engineer but my gut feeling is that any fabric based solution is going to have issues with major snow storms Syracuse is regularly subject to.  It would be awful to spend $100-$200 million renovating the Dome and still have to hold your breath every time a major snow warning is issued.

Anyway, this ETFE sounds like it would be close to ideal.  It is light, relatively cheap, if installed at an angle should be 'snow friendly' and it lets in light, which to me is a good compromise...we get some of the benefits of a retractable roof but less cost both up front and long term.  It would be interesting to know how feasible it is to install this on a stadium with walls only designed to hold up a fabric roof.  I hope SU looks at it as an option.
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