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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 3467103, member: 668"]
Although ETFE on the higher portions of the roof would've certainly been problematic relative to undesired sunlight/shadows upon the hoops court, there were other options to allow more natural light in and not an all or nothing proposal.  If you look at an almost identical facility in BC Place (Vancouver prior to their major reno) they added a layer of additional steel framing to incorporate an entire section of ETFE to run around the entire perimeter/onto the existing walls.  From that point, they then went vertical with riser columns, structural steel, cables, etc. to build/hold the new roof.  Just as in BC's case, this would've allowed for natural light to enter the building without shining down directly onto the court, but more in the concourses and upper stands area.

SU may have looked at doing something similar as Sala was quoted early on saying they were looking at facade options, etc.  However, most likely the extra cost associated in doing something like that (if SU was seriously looking at that option) was the transparent deterrent vs. any alleged sunlight/shadows on the court.  First, SU doesn't start playing actual hoop games until the 2nd week of November and home games are finished the first week of March.  Additionally, the angle of the sun (when it's actually out during fall & winter month's in Syracuse ;)) is quite low in the sky, not to mention the sun setting so early then, between 4:30 and 5-ish, so how much of a true factor would it have really been?  Furthermore, there's only a few games that SU even plays at home in the afternoons to begin with.
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