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BC Place Stadium's roof deflated

It's all in the plans for 2010 😉

I don't think they will replace it........ the dome needed to be replaced. I think it was past it's rated life.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
Originally posted by: Aquaman
It's all in the plans for 2010 😉

I don't think they will replace it........ the dome needed to be replaced. I think it was past it's rated life.

Cheers,
Aquaman
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Apparently the builder of the dome said it was structurally sound and didn't need replacement... *shrug*
 
Could this mean that the Lions will have to play in open air till they can replace it? I think it's going to take more then a year to replace.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 
Man, that'd be kind of sweet. Although, I really don't know where they'd play...

I'd love to see that proposed open air soccer stadium go through and get expanded now.
 
Originally posted by: Aquaman
They could play in BC Place...... then replace the dome in the off season.

Cheers,
Aquaman
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They can't just take the roof off though. The entire stadium is meant to be indoors. There's no drainage in the field so if it rained, it'd turn into a pool in about 30 minutes. Also, the stands would do the same thing. In order to make it work, they'd have to completely re-do the lower level, change the stands to add drainage, and then do a full electrical system overhaul.
 
This happened at the Silverdome in Detroit (well, Pontiac actually) a number of years ago. Tore a hole, the whole thing deflated. Took awhile to fix it as I recall
 
Apparently it was a controlled deflation. The panel should take a week to get here. Once installed, they can reinflate it. The first time it was inflated only took 25-30 minutes.
 
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