Report: DC might swap FBI for 'Skins

[skinfan2k]

if they include 3 1st round picks, i think its a fair deal

[MLSKINS]

You know, something I thought of that might work. Some people have said that the feasibility of attaching a roof to Fed Ex is probably not doable, but what if you made a roof that covers the stadium and blends in, but is a seperate structure?

I thought I posted this yesterday, but

I think you are talking about something similar that they did to Arena Stage in Southwest.

This is how it used to look:


But then they build a structure around the arena:



I think that is what you were talking about. It would be neat to see if they can do that with a football stadium.

[Painkiller]

That is a roof. Also Seahawk dome before the new stadium was one of the loudest stadiums in the NFL. Even louder than Centurylink.

it's easy to see why that stadium is one of the loudest in the NFL. The roof over the stands reflects all sound right back down onto the crowd and field, essentially acting as an amplifier. Ingenius design really. One of the most unique stadiums I've seen.

[Sticksboi05]

Put a roof on a FedEx and call it a day.

Hell no. Playing in a dome is barely football.

[Painkiller]

I thought I posted this yesterday, but

I think you are talking about something similar that they did to Arena Stage in Southwest.

I think that is what you were talking about. It would be neat to see if they can do that with a football stadium.

Yeah, that's kind of what I mean. My idea is more like this...for instance...imagine steel support beams, for context that look simlar to the innermost beams of the two roofs on Century Link Field. These begin on the outside of the stadium positioned vertically right next to the stadium itself. Say there were six of them, one on each corner of the stadium and one in the middle on both sides. The beams are then attached to six additional beams which run horizontally just above the upper tier, extending into the stadium meeting at the 50 yard line. Elevating slightly as they extend into the stadium. Then you attach several other support beams to those and attach some kind of roofing material to that, but leaving the sides of the stadium open so you can still see outside from all angles inside the stadium. Basically, the stadium is covered from rain and snow etc, but not closed off completely from the outside.

[doghouse4x4]

lol at the ignorance.

Yeah, people never get shot in PG...

[AsiaticSkinsFan]

Yeah, people never get shot in PG...

they never get shot in DC either.

Or in Tidewater.

[Harwich Hog]

Yeah, that's kind of what I mean. My idea is more like this...for instance...imagine steel support beams, for context that look simlar to the innermost beams of the two roofs on Century Link Field. These begin on the outside of the stadium positioned vertically right next to the stadium itself. Say there were six of them, one on each corner of the stadium and one in the middle on both sides. The beams are then attached to six additional beams which run horizontally just above the upper tier, extending into the stadium meeting at the 50 yard line. Elevating slightly as they extend into the stadium. Then you attach several other support beams to those and attach some kind of roofing material to that, but leaving the sides of the stadium open so you can still see outside from all angles inside the stadium. Basically, the stadium is covered from rain and snow etc, but not closed off completely from the outside.

I like the idea. It's likely that the stadium is designed without enough loading error to incorporate any additional loading from a roof. So you would have to have a completely independent structure as mentioned. Consequently the sort of beams you're talking about would have to be pretty monstrous.

A solution that could retain a bit of elegance would be a sort of bat-wing shaped roof structure with support beams at each "point" in the wing, terminating at points outside the stadium somewhere in the parking lot. In any case - with the size of Fedex, not easy at all. Retro-fits are always going to be more difficult than concept solutions.

[RichmondRedskin88]

Hell no. Playing in a dome is barely football.

Then why do teams dread playing in the Superdome?

[HeluCopter29]

No, imagine a structure built with support beams around the stadium, that covers the stadium, but is not actually attached. I'd love to see an artist's concept with an idea like that.

Imagine if the St. Louis arch was bigger, and there was a building built right underneath of it, but not attached.

I understand what you're saying. So kinda like the beams on the Jerrydome? Except the roof doesn't actually attach to the stadium?

[RedskinsInFebruary]

Hell no. Playing in a dome is barely football.

Thank you.

[Sticksboi05]

Then why do teams dread playing in the Superdome?

What does that have to do with the fact that playing football in a dome is for pansies?

[kiingspadee]

What does that have to do with the fact that playing football in a dome is for pansies?

I like the open stadium but I have to admit sometimes it would be great to play in a dome....never have to worry about wind screwing up a game winning fg...or worry about the rain causing the field to be extra slippery and resulting in turnovers or tearing an ACL