Real Madrid's stadium

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Originally Posted by Katipan

An oversized elevator?
Why?

Are we doing this?

Just off the top of my head.
Perhaps it is the dividing up and moving the field into six longitudinal trays of 107 x 12 meters, each weighing 1500 tons, with numerous trolleys and miles of hydraulics, dropping them 24 meters, putting them in perfect UV conditions with irrigation systems, drainage all with fully automated systems and complex electrical controls.
I mean what could go wrong?

I guess I have been exposed to bigger projects, as this is no oversized elevator used to get the beer to the basement. It will take preventative maintence and redundancy to keep this thing operational.

It is very cool and a feat of engineering.