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Old 05-21-2015, 09:55 AM   #136
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Originally Posted by Brainiac View Post
The rolling roof was a horrible idea from the very beginning. This is what it would have looked like:



See those large tracks that would have to be there for it to roll on? Those tracks and the roof itself would have been completely in the way and would have made access to the stadiums far less convenient. The fans would have to either climb over the rails or go around them in order to get into the stadiums. And for what purpose? So that the roof could be rolled over one of the stadiums on a rainy day, a snowy day, or for that mythical Super Bowl in Kansas City, the town with insufficient hotel space and not nearly enough entertainment options to attract a week-long event of that magnitude?

The rolling roof would have been an eyesore and an abomination. Even if technology can solve the problem of the tracks by recessing them into the ground, you'd still have that idiotic roof sitting there unused 360 days each year. I was elated when the voters rejected that idea.
Based on that image, the rails are raised. There would be no climbing over anything. You would be walking under a raised platform. What's so bad about that? Again, based on this image, I have no idea how anyone could complain about making access to the stadium difficult.

Now ugly? Sure, no argument. The tracks however should not be any sort of impediment.
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