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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 1044802, member: 27"]
It is a definite possibility.  As newer technologies and materials become available, there are more options but this is a really tough engineering problem.

Regarding the cost to make a roof retractable, $80 million is too much.

This[URL='http://www.livescience.com/42996-open-stadium-super-bowl-2014.html'] article [/URL]says the cost to make a fixed roof retractable is between $25 and $40 million. [URL='http://www.twincities.com/ci_23235098/vikings-verge-unveiling-final-stadium-design']This one[/URL] says the same.  [URL='http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/55203/vikings-stadium-doubting-a-retractable-roof'] This one[/URL] says $25 - $50 million.  And[URL='http://www.prlog.org/10662081-real-cost-of-vikings-stadium-retractable-roof.html'] this one [/URL]says less than $20 million.

$80 million might have been true years ago but the cost has dropped as more and more retractable roofs have been built.

Still, $20 million is significant, we know dollars are always going to be tight for a facility for SU and given where Syracuse is, with its snow issues and the anticipated lack of use of the facility in the summer months, I don't think a retractable roof makes sense.  Especially if part of the roof can be made translucent.
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