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re: Why do we (as a society) destroy stadiums?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:32 pm to SaulGoodman
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:32 pm to SaulGoodman
I lost a state championship game at Texas Stadium in Irving. I'm glad that place got blown the frick up.
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Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:32 pm to SaulGoodman
Because the Romans didn't have dynamite?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:40 pm to SaulGoodman
quote:
The Roman Coliseum still stands after 2000+ years.
no piped in music and no lines at the bath room, and they served beer
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:41 pm to Tiger Prawn
quote:Do you know how much that cost is? You would spend better than 50% of the cost of a new stadium to upgrade/renovate an old stadium and still it wouldn't be up to par.
they're still perfectly usable and can be updated/renovated from time to time.
The Georgia Dome was built before cellphones were common, much less smartphones. Mercedes-Benz has something like five miles of fiberoptic cable in it to support a public wifi network that can allow everyone in attendance to stream HD video to their phones. To retrofit the GA Dome to that would have been impossible.
They also could not move the lower level seats back to accommodate a wider field needed for soccer - a must if Atlanta is going to be a player in the next US bid for the World Cup.
One of the biggest moneymakers in the stadium are the luxury suites. While they could have upgraded the existing ones (to a degree) they couldn't add more - but they could with the new building.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:41 pm to SaulGoodman
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The Roman Coliseum still stands after 2000+ years.
I bet once it got 20 or so years old people quit going because the walkways smelled like piss and their children got fondled in the bathrooms
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:41 pm to SaulGoodman
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The Roman Coliseum
They ain't even SEC.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:42 pm to MountainTiger
Expected this thread to be about something else.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:44 pm to eScott
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Nothing comes close to the coliseum and the events that were held there.
We should bring some of those events back.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:47 pm to foshizzle
The astrodome needs to be gifted to our new NHL hockey team.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 2:57 pm to LSUgirl4
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as a kid, i would stare up at it and thought it was the most beautiful building in the world.
You talking about the same georgia dome everyone else is?
Functionally it was nice, but aesthetically it was a giant circus tent
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:00 pm to SaulGoodman
quote:
The Roman Coliseum still stands after 2000+ years.
Despite the best effort of the pope, which makes it more amazing it is still standing.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:02 pm to Emteein
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Despite the best effort of the pope
All of them?
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:08 pm to SaulGoodman
Did any preservationist try to save old Tulane Stadium?
Watched many a Sugar Bowl and even more Saints games from there on TV.
Watched many a Sugar Bowl and even more Saints games from there on TV.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:09 pm to jdeval1
They tried it about 16 years ago when Foster was the governor. Foster basically told Benson to get real that no state money was going to go for building a new stadium on the NOLA riverfront. In the end Foster gave Benson a sweetheart deal with the dome....then a few years later.....Katrina and what amounted over time as a brand new Superdome with lots more wonderful suites
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:10 pm to Croacka
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um, isn't it right next door to the once georgia dome?
Well, Shows you how well I keep up with the falcons and local news
Yes, yes it is. I could have sworn the plan was to build it in Cobb county
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:10 pm to yellowfin
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It was a shitty stadium from the start
If being a shitty stadium is reason for getting demolished then their new a-hole stadium must be worried.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:10 pm to fr33manator
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We should bring some of those events back.
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY!
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:11 pm to Emteein
about destroying stadiums in general.
and not the one i'm talking about.
and not the one i'm talking about.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:13 pm to MSMHater
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Despite the best effort of the pope
All of them?
I don't recall which pope. the tour guide at the coliseum said that the marble which made up the facade was robbed to build much of Renaissance Era Vatican City, including the Basilica. It all could be bull shite, it's just what the tour guide told us.
Posted on 11/20/17 at 3:13 pm to Emiliooo
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The Roman Coliseum isn't 2000 years old, it's estimated that construction began in 72 AD and finished around 80 AD.
So, roughly 1937 years old? 2000 is close enough, nerd.
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