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[QUOTE="BillSU, post: 3141149, member: 6809"]
Yes, I understand it is a façade in front of the steel but would have given the impression of a solid structure. I am glad you found this as I hadn't seen the concept. When I saw roller coaster design I thought it looked like more of an add on to the buildings base. And that is perhaps why they took trips down I 81 to observe it from a distance to determine what the steel looked like from a distance.

IMO the louvered side helps give the building a more integrated look as one complete structure even though the roller coaster is behind it doing the structural and support work. In that regard the louvered roof would be there more for the needed aesthetics of the building. I do not think the roller coaster is attractive at all but it accomplishes its task and sure looks different. Maybe to make it better when we score a touchdown or win a basketball game at night, abrightly lighted device with rotating beam fitted to the top of the steel could run the circumference of the coaster signifying our scores or win in bright orange or maybe someone has already thought of a creative way to light up the steel coaster and its parts in bright orange and look really cool in the Syracuse sky.
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