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[QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 386991, member: 41"]
Can we stop the "put a retractable roof on the Dome" nonsense once and for all?
 
1. The Dome exterior walls can NOT handle the weight of a retractable roof. You would have to build 4 new heavy exterior walls around the perimeter of the Dome to handle the weight. I'm not sure there's enough room between the Dome and Archbold Gym or between the Dome and Forrestry Drive to make this happen. I'm also not sure it's cost effective to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a 30 year old building.
 
2. The playing surface of the Dome was never built with rain or snow in mind. Unlike an outdoor field which is crowned, the Dome floor is completely flat, and there's no provisions for drainage. Unless you want puddles all over the field, the roof would have to be closed at the slightest hint of precipitation. Which means you might be able to have the roof open for 1 or 2 games in September, and maybe a few LAX games in April.
 
Is it really worth it?
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