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Edit - rant engineers - a retractable roof or any other solutions to lighting?
Posted on 9/6/15 at 8:57 pm
Posted on 9/6/15 at 8:57 pm
Probably a stupid question and if so I apologize in advance.
But would it an impossibility or insurmountably difficult to have a retractable room of some type put on the stadium.
I know it would be expensive and I know that while they've done plenty of construction lately, most of it added revenue sources like suites and such or maybe added recruiting attractiveness.
But I was just wandering whether if they ever wanted to put on a retractable or removable roof could it be done?
Edit - Or any other solutions that would let them continue to play in lightning situation - someone below suggested some sort of super sized lighting rod. Anything along those line?
But would it an impossibility or insurmountably difficult to have a retractable room of some type put on the stadium.
I know it would be expensive and I know that while they've done plenty of construction lately, most of it added revenue sources like suites and such or maybe added recruiting attractiveness.
But I was just wandering whether if they ever wanted to put on a retractable or removable roof could it be done?
Edit - Or any other solutions that would let them continue to play in lightning situation - someone below suggested some sort of super sized lighting rod. Anything along those line?
This post was edited on 9/6/15 at 9:16 pm
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Posted on 9/6/15 at 8:58 pm to Methuselah
Blue tarp the bitch
Posted on 9/6/15 at 8:58 pm to Methuselah
Posted on 9/6/15 at 8:59 pm to Methuselah
Easier to just build an excessively large lightening rod over the stadium to divert any current to safe areas.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 8:59 pm to Methuselah
A) stupid question
B) yes they could do it, you can do just about anything given enough money.
C) will never happen because stupid
B) yes they could do it, you can do just about anything given enough money.
C) will never happen because stupid
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:00 pm to C
quote:
Easier to just build an excessively large lightening rod over the stadium to divert any current to safe areas.
There's some creative thinking.
Think I'll edit to enlarge my op to include inquiry about any other solutions that would prevent lightning delay.
This post was edited on 9/6/15 at 9:07 pm
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:05 pm to Jockamo
quote:
yes they could do it, you can do just about anything given enough money.
Wouldn't it be more financially viable to play the game and pay off the lawsuit if anyone gets struck?
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:07 pm to BigOrangeWave
I mean if you put a dollar amount on human life then yeah I guess it could be.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:09 pm to Methuselah
This was the first cancellation in nearly 100 years. Retrofitting a roof over the stadium for something that rarely happens is absurd.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:11 pm to Methuselah
Again, LSU just wasted a lot of money on an expansion that was pointless. Stop
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:11 pm to Methuselah
wow.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:12 pm to Lsuhoohoo
7 games a year, and adding soemthing that is non-revenue generating....
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:13 pm to southernelite
I think it would be a good idea to consider but so expensive it won't get done. You might as well build a new stadium with a retractable roof.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:23 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
Then you'd have pansies complaining about tradition.
In addition to the roof you have to air condition/ventilate the place, etc.
It's an insurmountable task and one that quite frankly, just isn't needed.
In addition to the roof you have to air condition/ventilate the place, etc.
It's an insurmountable task and one that quite frankly, just isn't needed.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:25 pm to Ralph_Wiggum
quote:
I think it would be a good idea to consider but so expensive it won't get done. You might as well build a new stadium with a retractable roof.
Good point. What is the maximum lifespan of a stadium anyway? I know parts of Tiger Stadium have been there awhile. Though I guess maybe a stadium could really last an awfully long time (it's just that the NFL has put so much pressure on their cities that it doesn't seem so)
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:25 pm to Methuselah
quote:
Edit - Or any other solutions that would let them continue to play in lightning situation - someone below suggested some sort of super sized lighting rod. Anything along those line?
Rubber field
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:25 pm to Methuselah
Certainly not a retractable roof but sprung industries does some interesting things. There is (or was) a 700' long sprung building wrapped around the kingdome at one time.
Crosspoint church on airline near highland rd has two small ones.
Advantages:
1. No issues with weather
2. Air conditioning for those early September 2:30/kick offs for CBS.
3. You think tiger stadium is loud now?????
4. Would be a huge recruiting advantage to be able to tell recruits they will play in the largest covered stadium on any campus in America
Disadvantage:
1. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Www.sprung.com.
Crosspoint church on airline near highland rd has two small ones.
Advantages:
1. No issues with weather
2. Air conditioning for those early September 2:30/kick offs for CBS.
3. You think tiger stadium is loud now?????
4. Would be a huge recruiting advantage to be able to tell recruits they will play in the largest covered stadium on any campus in America
Disadvantage:
1. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Www.sprung.com.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:26 pm to C
quote:
Easier to just build an excessively large lightening rod over the stadium to divert any current to safe areas.
I actually thought of this last night.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:31 pm to Methuselah
Even the Roman Colosseum had a retractable "roof".
Yeah, it was likely slave-made cloth (space-age, gee-whiz materials being a mere 2K years away), but one wonders why TS could not be lightning-shielded by a similar screen made of lightweight conductive metals.
Plus, kick-screen-sponsor Allstate would pay stupid-big money for the logo rights.
Yeah, it was likely slave-made cloth (space-age, gee-whiz materials being a mere 2K years away), but one wonders why TS could not be lightning-shielded by a similar screen made of lightweight conductive metals.
Plus, kick-screen-sponsor Allstate would pay stupid-big money for the logo rights.
Posted on 9/6/15 at 9:47 pm to Methuselah
Faraday cage
From Wiki:
A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure formed by conductive material or by a mesh of such material. Such an enclosure blocks external static and non-static electric fields by channeling electricity along and around, but not through, the mesh, providing constant voltage on all sides of the enclosure. Since the difference in voltage is the measure of electrical potential, no current flows through the space. Faraday cages are named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836.
A Faraday cage operates because an external static electrical field causes the electric charges within the cage's conducting material to be distributed such that they cancel the field's effect in the cage's interior. This phenomenon is used, for example, to protect electronic equipment from lightning strikes and electrostatic discharges.
From Wiki:
A Faraday cage or Faraday shield is an enclosure formed by conductive material or by a mesh of such material. Such an enclosure blocks external static and non-static electric fields by channeling electricity along and around, but not through, the mesh, providing constant voltage on all sides of the enclosure. Since the difference in voltage is the measure of electrical potential, no current flows through the space. Faraday cages are named after the English scientist Michael Faraday, who invented them in 1836.
A Faraday cage operates because an external static electrical field causes the electric charges within the cage's conducting material to be distributed such that they cancel the field's effect in the cage's interior. This phenomenon is used, for example, to protect electronic equipment from lightning strikes and electrostatic discharges.
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