CHIEFSFAN_NY
04-06-2006, 08:17 PM
Chiefs haven't given up on rolling roof
By George Muse
The Capital-Journel
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - There is some uncertainty about exactly how stadium improvements will take place now that the Chiefs and Royals have voter-approved money with which to make them. Of main concern -- the design of a renovated Arrowhead Stadium will have to change if it no longer has to accommodate the proposed rolling roof that voters rejected in Tuesday's election.
Talks have been ongoing with Walmart regarding the new roof for Arrowhead Stadium. Chiefs president Carl Peterson stated, "We'll continue to attract other major events, whether it's the Ocean Pacific Surfing Contest or Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus."
Jack Steadman, the Chiefs vice chairman of the board and Lamar Hunt's point man for both the original construction of the Truman Sports Complex and the current stadium renovation campaign, said some $25 worth of improvement is needed for the new plan to be executed. "We'll have to raise the price of beer to be able to afford the Martha Stewart Umbrella that our fans so rightfully deserve," Steadman stated recently while attending the Porky Pig Festival of Arts.
While the roof may not be a "rolling roof" as at first anticipated, it is fully retractable and will collapse into a giant beach bag.
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By George Muse
The Capital-Journel
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - There is some uncertainty about exactly how stadium improvements will take place now that the Chiefs and Royals have voter-approved money with which to make them. Of main concern -- the design of a renovated Arrowhead Stadium will have to change if it no longer has to accommodate the proposed rolling roof that voters rejected in Tuesday's election.
Talks have been ongoing with Walmart regarding the new roof for Arrowhead Stadium. Chiefs president Carl Peterson stated, "We'll continue to attract other major events, whether it's the Ocean Pacific Surfing Contest or Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus."
Jack Steadman, the Chiefs vice chairman of the board and Lamar Hunt's point man for both the original construction of the Truman Sports Complex and the current stadium renovation campaign, said some $25 worth of improvement is needed for the new plan to be executed. "We'll have to raise the price of beer to be able to afford the Martha Stewart Umbrella that our fans so rightfully deserve," Steadman stated recently while attending the Porky Pig Festival of Arts.
While the roof may not be a "rolling roof" as at first anticipated, it is fully retractable and will collapse into a giant beach bag.
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1976/roofa0bg.gif