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Related: About this forumJMO, but I think it's crazy that Buffalo doesn't have a covered stadium.
They're not really able to play; just slip and slide around....

Silent Type
(10,682 posts)Like sun, shadows, clouds, parashooters too.
Edit spelling
BOSSHOG
(43,618 posts)In Buffalo a retractable would be open during the snow.
Morbius
(623 posts)Lake effect snow is very moist and therefore very heavy. Buffalo regularly sees a 20" snowfall at some point in the winter. The area covered by a dome is huge; the field itself is 1.32 acres, and with the space on the sidelines and outside the end zones, you're talking about a huge area. If you built a dome there, it would collapse. That much snow weighs thousands of tons.
Folks who live in Buffalo are used to the snow. They can handle it.
Cheezoholic
(3,217 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,046 posts)My wussies from California, not so much.
Oh, it aint a snow game until I see a snow angel
On edit: Its officially a snow game! Woohoo!
Historic NY
(39,240 posts)I've been to lots of games in the snow, you wear a snowmobile suit and get lower seats. They get too much lake effect snow a roof would collapse like many others do up there.
CanonRay
(15,532 posts)I hate domes
no_hypocrisy
(52,734 posts)Wouldn't the weight collapse the dome?
ProfessorGAC
(74,082 posts)For one thing, they can't put vertical supports near the middle if the dome. The bases would be on the middle of the field.
They could probably do trussing, but that would cost much more & would probably affect sight lines.
A third option is a twin dome and the ability to blow very hot air in the gap to melt the snow before weight got excessive. Seems like that would be really expensive, too.
LisaM
(29,327 posts)What I don't like see games played in 90 degree or more heat. As bad as it is for fans, it's worse on the field.
milestogo
(21,583 posts)Covered stadiums are for wimps.