Dome Upgrades

[StL Bison Fan]

well, lets see some action. wheres the meetings? wheres the consulting? wheres the paperwork?

show us the effort.

Go to a city council meeting and tell them about it. They will put you on the agenda if you call the auditor. They want to hear from Fargo taxpayers. Oh wait....
Never mind.

[bisonaudit]

well, lets see some action. wheres the meetings? wheres the consulting? wheres the paperwork?

show us the effort.

Something about you and other people's money.

[Hammerhead]

We need to sign the paperwork to schedule a meeting with a consultant to see if it's worth our time to hire another consultant to look into that.

well, lets see some action. wheres the meetings? wheres the consulting? wheres the paperwork?

show us the effort.

[Tatanka]

We need to sign the paperwork to schedule a meeting with a consultant to see if it's worth our time to hire another consultant to look into that.

I'll run this by the committee

[BadlandsBison]

I'll run this by the committee

Who's buying turf burgers?

[BYZEN]

Not only for ndsu, but the dome. Makes the concert experience way better. Take the old boards and move them outdoors. They could be used for rib fest, tailgating, and advertising. Lots of people outside for the marathon too.

Or mount them on the other side of the corner supports so the new people sitting in the new corner seating can see the game too.....

[1998braves64]

well, lets see some action. wheres the meetings? wheres the consulting? wheres the paperwork?

show us the effort.

Some of this is called common sense.

For example you cut out one of the four corner supports in the dome, what happens?

Look at how the Fargodome roof is supported, pretty obvious as it is all exposed no? Look at the shape of the roof and slopes. Then say ok where does expanded seating go? What do we have to remove to get that? Any in place roof has to be supported and has to be sloped for drainage (flat roofs are technically not flat). Any facilities construction guy is going to have a good idea what is needed. The only half reasonable idea is the seats in the corner if they can somehow get around fire codes and not create more of a bottleneck than there already is in the corner... Then we can have all the things you are asking for.

[56BISON73]

well, lets see some action. wheres the meetings? wheres the consulting? wheres the paperwork?

show us the effort.

[Tatanka]

Some of this is called common sense.

For example you cut out one of the four corner supports in the dome, what happens?

Look at how the Fargodome roof is supported, pretty obvious as it is all exposed no? Look at the shape of the roof and slopes. Then say ok where does expanded seating go? What do we have to remove to get that? Any in place roof has to be supported and has to be sloped for drainage (flat roofs are technically not flat). Any facilities construction guy is going to have a good idea what is needed. The only half reasonable idea is the seats in the corner if they can somehow get around fire codes and not create more of a bottleneck than there already is in the corner... Then we can have all the things you are asking for.

HerdBot can explain the engineering and physics. I'll reserve judgement on your fancy science until he weighs in.

[HerdBot]

HerdBot can explain the engineering and physics. I'll reserve judgement on your fancy science until he weighs in.

Yeah, I wouldn't be comfortable removing one of the support columns. It's a little out of my comfort zone.

I've always thought we could do something like this. Compare the 2 pics. There has to be a way to add seats not behind the columns like this. 2 sections. What 800 to 1000 in each corner? Most if none would not be obstructed