Here’s a leftover from the other day (it’s a long off-season so I hold onto things) – the Wall Street Journal asks if the NFL should ban domes.
In the early going, the nine NFL teams whose stadiums have roofs are a combined 30-19 this season. The Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts are undefeated, and the Atlanta Falcons, another dome team, are 3-0 at home.
Those of you from new York may not be familiar with this “domes” technology. Apparently a stadium can have a roof on it so that fans can be warm, say at a baseball game in April or October. Interestingly, the modern technology contains a “retractable dome” which allows for open-air seating (and grass) on nicer days. Perhaps when New New New Yankee Stadium or Giants Stadium 3 or when I buy the Mets and build my Shea-influenced park we will see such a thing in NYC.
In case you are wondering, when I become a zillionaire after inventing the holodeck, I will buy the Mets and Cyclones. I’m moving the Cyclones to Los Angeles just to be a jerk, and I am building a retractable domed stadium on the former site of Shea Stadium. It will contain throwback “squares” on the outside, and fans will enter the Lee Mazzilli Rotunda and be greeted by pictures of the 1978 Mets. It’s my team so I get to do what I want, right?
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