Morning update:
As best I can tell, 2 or 3 panels have been covered with PTFE. There are 64 that need to be completed, and it took them a day or two to do 2 or 3, so it does not appear this will be completed this weekend. I have attached a blown up part of a screen capture.
Same beige color. Expect it to be bleached white by the sun. Right now, it looks as though the grid showing the borders of each panel will be visible on the PTFE section of the roof but will not on the hard shell section. It will be interesting to see if that changes.
Will they put an American flag on top of the middle of the roof again?
The last build that needs to be finished for the hard shell is the SE corner. There are 8 main rows plus a couple of triangles. It looks like they have the outside main rows completed on both sides right now. I think they are only working on the east side of the build so far today. I think their record is 4 rows in a day, set on the SW corner. If they can work at that pace today and tomorrow, it is possible the hard shell could be completed this weekend.
There are showers possible this afternoon. Only 50-60% chance and should only last an hour or two if they happen. That could shut things down for a while today and hold them back. Tomorrow looks great all day.
It will be interesting to see if they get faster working on the PTFE section. I am thinking maybe the workers focusing on finishing up layer 2 might also be assigned to the PTFE crew when they are done and that might help speed things up.
They really need to get the roof finished so they can start removing the plastic protecting the private boxes and ribbon boards and finish up installation of the scoreboards. It looks like work on the lights and sound system is progressing nicely. Once the scoreboards are done, I think they can focus on getting the field resurfaced, and the new field turf put in place and lined.
They have work to do getting retired jerseys, team banners, etc put in place. Lots of new possibilities here with the new roof.
I imagine they are still working hard on getting bathrooms set up fully for COVID (they pretty much were already), making sure the new bathrooms and concession areas are ready and doing general clean up. Leaving the building exposed for 6 months has allowed a lot of dirt and grime to collect everywhere. I think they drilled a ton of holes in the concrete to hold wood to protect the stands from the new cabling that was installed.
It looks like the benches have already been put back in place.
I know some nice surprises are in store for us fans when we return to the dome. Let’s hope it happens soon.
