Will this week's game be postponed or moved due to Ike? [Yes]

[cadams]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Gee, there was a time when a football stadium didn't need a roof to play a game. If the rest of the structure is sound and no more pieces from the roof are apt to drop, they should just play the game.

yeah, i dont know what all damage there is, but if possible just open the roof and play like it is a regular stadium, rain or shine.

[papabear]

Originally Posted by cadams

yeah, i dont know what all damage there is, but if possible just open the roof and play like it is a regular stadium, rain or shine.

I hope that's what they do, but the stadium doesn't have the drainage of an open air stadium. A decent rain could turn the field into a lake.

[cadams]

Originally Posted by papabear

I hope that's what they do, but the stadium doesn't have the drainage of an open air stadium. A decent rain could turn the field into a lake.

this still baffels me. i know a lot of people in houston are wimps with regard to sports (see the steelers game a couple of years ago) but how do you build a football stadium that can't handle rain?

[papabear]

Originally Posted by cadams

this still baffels me. i know a lot of people in houston are wimps with regard to sports (see the steelers game a couple of years ago) but how do you build a football stadium that can't handle rain?

Jut repeating what I heard. I don't even know if that's true. It was designed to have a roof, but if you think about how our field works it makes sense. The field is basically just a bunch of "trays" with grass and dirt in them that are moved into and out of the stadium as needed. They sit on a concrete floor in the stadium or in the parking lot outside. Most outdoors stadiums have several layers of gravel/sand with drainage pipes to let the water out. There's no need (or room) for that with this set up as long as the roof is working. I think it is only a problem in the case of pretty heavy rains in a short amount of time.