Turf Shrinkage Will Not Be A Concern For Super Bowl XLVI

by JakeTheSnake on May 21, 2008 10:19 AM EDT in Events Comment 3 comments

As we saw yesterday with the announcement that the Super Bowl is coming to Indianapolis in 2012, Lucas Oil Field is already paying dividends for the city. Don't get me wrong, I have lots of fond memories of the RCA Dome--even though I never actually saw the place in person--but the place wasn't exactly Super Bowl worthy. I mean, it wasn't even impressive enough to get anyone to bite on resurrecting the Refrigerator Bowl. It was a nice place, but it's time had come and gone.

Now as we move to a new stadium, it's a brand new start for Colts and the city as a whole. No more weird acoustics that make opponents think we're piping in noise. No more sellout crowds that are still under 60,000 people. No more bubble jokes. And last but not least, no more worries about the field getting wet because of those epic roof leaks:

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Were leaks a regular problem? Air Pressure held up the roof? The RCA Dome is officially the weirdest stadium ever. I mean that in a nice way, of course.

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by River City Rage on May 21, 2008 12:40 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I could be wrong on this

But I don’t roof leaks were ever a problem after that incident. At least not to the extent in that video. The air pressure still held up the roof though. If you listened closely you could hear it during telecasts sometimes.

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by JakeTheSnake on May 21, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yep

The air pressure holds up the roof, and it is by no means unique. In fact, the BC Place Dome in Vancouver is still of functionally the same design. So is the HHH Metrodome in Minneapolis. And the Tokyo Dome, and the Burswood Dome in Perth, Western Australia. They were the hot ticket in the 80’s for large sporting facilities on the cheap. They just don’t last as long as normal buildings and need to have air pumps running all the time. And I think that the leakage problem was really a one off thing.

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by Bullard47 on May 21, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs