SportsFan19
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Post by SportsFan19 on Apr 6, 2019 0:38:51 GMT
Would you use a retractable roof? Why, or why not?
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 6, 2019 0:44:10 GMT
No.
Rain is part of the game. 🌧
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Post by Geddy on Apr 6, 2019 0:51:32 GMT
That would depend if I live in an area with a cold climate.
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Post by Marv on Apr 6, 2019 1:11:09 GMT
No. Rain is part of the game. 🌧 ^this. |
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Post by msdemos on Apr 6, 2019 2:53:29 GMT
ABSOLUTELY !! I live in Milwaukee, and went to MANY games at old County Stadium (and will NEVER forget the coldest I've EVER been at a sporting event (including December Packer games at Lambeau Field !!), during a MISERABLE early April Time-Warner "Cable Day" Brewers game in the late 80's or early 90's....on a COMPLETELY SUNNY DAY, NO LESS !!), and was NEVER so grateful as I was when they approved the roof on the final version of Miller Park that would eventually open in 2001 !! Since we're usually freezing our butts off here for the first month or two of the baseball season, and usually for some of the last month during most seasons, the roof is a GODSEND !! And though I admit that the way the structure had to be engineered in order to accommodate the weight of that roof does end up giving the stadium a not QUITE as 'open' feeling as most stadiums without roofs have (even with the roof fully retracted), it is still COMPLETELY worth having. Also, you aren't taking into account the fact that you will NEVER go to a game, and not have one due to rain/weather (Well.....almost never. They did have to cut short one game due to a power outage once (if I remember correctly)....but that, obviously, had nothing to do with the weather). Just talk to the people that drive HOURS from different parts of the state (or other regions) to see a game, only to then have to drive all the way back home after not seeing a game (or a shortened one), due to a rainout (never mind the fact that they will then be forced to do all that driving a SECOND time, if the game is then rescheduled!!)! AND, because of that roof, we were lucky enough to get a BONUS "home" opener in 2007, when the Cleveland Indians elected to move their game here !! www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2832830SAVE FERRIS
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 6, 2019 4:19:56 GMT
Yes because guaranteed game days are important. Toronto is freezing in April & early May nights, + Sept & Oct.
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Post by sdm3 on Apr 6, 2019 4:21:46 GMT
No, in fact I wouldn't even install chairs for spectators.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 6, 2019 4:38:15 GMT
ABSOLUTELY !! I live in Milwaukee, and went to MANY games at the old County Stadium (and will NEVER forget the coldest I've EVER been at a sporting event (including December Packer games at Lambeau Field !!), during a MISERABLE early April Time-Warner "Cable Day" Brewers game in the late 80's or early 90's....on a COMPLETELY SUNNY DAY, NO LESS !!), and was NEVER so grateful as I was when they approved the roof on the final version of Miller Park that would eventually open in 2001 !! Since we're usually freezing our butts off here for the first month or two of the baseball season, and usually for some of the last month during most seasons, the roof is a GODSEND !! And though I admit that the way the structure had to be engineered in order to accommodate the weight of that roof does end up giving the stadium a not QUITE as 'open' feeling as most stadiums without roofs have (even with the roof fully retracted), it is still COMPLETELY worth having. Also, you aren't taking into account the fact that you will NEVER go to a game, and not have one due to rain/weather (Well.....almost never. They did have to cut short one game due to a power outage once (if I remember correctly)....but that, obviously, had nothing to do with the weather). Just talk to the people that drive HOURS from different parts of the state (or other regions) to see a game, only to then have to drive all the way back home after not seeing a game (or a shortened one), due to a rainout (never mind the fact that they will then be forced to do all that driving a SECOND time, if the game is then rescheduled!!)! AND, because of that roof, we were lucky enough to get a BONUS "home" opener in 2007, when the Cleveland Indians elected to move their game here !! www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2832830SAVE FERRIS Cable day sounds fun! 🍫
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Post by Geddy on Apr 6, 2019 16:45:25 GMT
Yes because guaranteed game days are important. Toronto is freezing in April & early May nights, + Sept & Oct. Right now it would be better if games in Toronto were rained out. 😃 |
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Apr 6, 2019 17:04:42 GMT
Football, no. Especially in a location where it can snow. Football in the snow is cool.
Baseball, yes. Can't play baseball in the rain.
Both, yes.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 7, 2019 2:24:27 GMT
Yes because guaranteed game days are important. Toronto is freezing in April & early May nights, + Sept & Oct. Right now it would be better if games in Toronto were rained out. 😃 Relaxing in the SkyDome when it's 6c outside like it's a movie theatre is a great perk.
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Post by loofapotato on Apr 8, 2019 4:55:02 GMT
Yes. Rain. Cold Rain. Freezing Rain. Dense fog. High winds. A baseball game is much longer. There is no time limit in baseball. It finishes when it finishes.
You will be miserable watching a game in the Pacific Northwest during early-mid Spring time and the start-mid Fall.
OH YOU WILL BE MISERABLE!
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