BoaDci Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 29 minutes ago, xandandl said: I was part of the field committee back in the '80's when DCI tried doing an outdoor St. Louis regional at the field used by the St. Louis Cardinals (football); before the show was to kick off a thermometer reading was take one foot off the turf. 120 I recall. Show was postponed 4 hours: but that was when the front came through and with it tornadic winds, lightening, and thunder. No more regional. The Football Cardinals didn't stay longer and the Rams didn't stay long. Yep, STL people are sleeping easily knowing they are playing pretty badly in LA now XD. Weather is always brutal in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabMaster Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 22 hours ago, xandandl said: I was part of the field committee back in the '80's when DCI tried doing an outdoor St. Louis regional at the field used by the St. Louis Cardinals (football); before the show was to kick off a thermometer reading was take one foot off the turf. 120 I recall. Show was postponed 4 hours: but that was when the front came through and with it tornadic winds, lightening, and thunder. No more regional. The Football Cardinals didn't stay longer and the Rams didn't stay long. But the Rams played in a dome in STL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 1 hour ago, LabMaster said: But the Rams played in a dome in STL. and fought with BOA for field time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoaDci Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, xandandl said: and fought with BOA for field time. Cant wait to see them tear that field down. Marched on it a few times and the turf is discolored and falling apart at the seams. Not to mention the concrete ring of death.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabMaster Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 22 hours ago, BoaDci said: Cant wait to see them tear that field down. Marched on it a few times and the turf is discolored and falling apart at the seams. Not to mention the concrete ring of death.... The turf is a mess because not only was football played on it, they also had other events in there (like auto shows) and didn't protect the turf at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsoprano Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 On 11/18/2016 at 7:00 PM, corpsband said: did a bit of snooping around. appears the stadium will be done by the (revised) June 1st completion date. of course that has no bearing on whether or not DCI can afford to host an event there if the rates are higher than anticipated. webcam pic from inside the stadium yesterday. structural steel is largely done. things will fly once they get those roof supports in the center jacked down. Or not. :) So glad DCI didn't book the new stadium for this year's Atlanta regional, since the opening date has now been pushed back (again), this time to late August. http://www.ajc.com/sports/football/mercedes-benz-stadium-opening-pushed-back-again/wLnfyURmUXYvGcj6iaROMM/?ecmp=socialflow_ajclife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geluf Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 If you can only bet on one thing: always bet on delay in construction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/04/roof-at-new-falcons-stadium-successfully-closes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 4/22/2017 at 9:21 AM, geluf said: If you can only bet on one thing: always bet on delay in construction. Almost always true. Luckily the exception was the I-85 bridge repair. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenoris4Jazz Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 23 hours ago, CrownBariDad said: Almost always true. Luckily the exception was the I-85 bridge repair. The bridge repair scenario just proves another axiom: throw enough money at anything and it can be done faster than you think. I think the staff at Boston is proof of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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