Great update Og
Great update Og
Originally Posted by greatwhitenorf
Thanks.
I'm thinking the gantry at the dip is temporary (wood flooring) but likely to be used to put the drainage in place once the roof panels are installed.
They may need to keep it up there for maintenance of the lighting and sound system
What a big old bitch.
We're so wrapped up with the NBA ASG and Practice Facility we have no time for anything else.
Considering the big events coming in the fall/winter next year, I'd wager we do roll that out but nothing official yet.
My thoughts exactly as I stopped by to see this in person. It's our Bitch and what a bitch she is
they don't have seagulls in minnesota ... all your going to see through translucent panels is bird shit
Makes sense. Thanks.
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Great pics, Og.
From an engineering perspective, snow would likely concentrate at the lowest point, thereby focusing the snow load where there is actual support. You don't want a lot of snow towards either edge of the roof as the design would put larger moment of inertia/torsion on joints of the roof's supporting columns.
Yes I'm nit-picking, but the roof over the press box seems a little useless now. I wonder if they will do any renovations to it? I also wonder if it is big enough to accommodate larger events if needed since we aren't a soccer specific stadium any more.
One doesn't actually see much through translucent panels. But the bird issue doesn't seem to stop the use of such panels in British or European stadia. We can hire curling teams in their off season to go up and give it good wet mopping.
And our watch-hawk Bitchy will be in mid-season form all year long.
Last edited by greatwhitenorf; 02-01-2016 at 03:46 PM.
The potential is certainly there to build up the back and add more seats, party suites and a new media centre.
Yes that makes sense. Do you think they will just let the snow pile up though, and melt by itself? With the size of that roof, I could imagine that could get extremely heavy in a bad year -- like the previous two years, where it stayed cold very long so that snow & ice built up and didn't melt over a long time. Plus chunks of snow & ice getting blown off during an April game might be risky...?
From twitter user @TOsnowman who took this from a Porter flight
It's starting to take shape. It's going to look a lot more imposing when it's done.
good point
walking around the Ex in the winter might be a risk if that snow / rice builds up and slides off
I just want to say something about this next shot.
You want an idea of how big this sucker is?
Remember how LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG the upper East side is? Now look at this puppy.
See those beams that go across? They are 6 feet high.
This thing is HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE.
Is this not going to be a pizza oven towards the centre and top , in the summer months?
The one thing that comes to mind looking at the South East Pillar is that not everyone in 112 will be able to see everyone in 111 or 110. It can get the "Massive" a little bit more "less graphic" but it shouldn't be an issue.
I believe in the end, once everyone gets used to how the North End looks again, we will have a pretty great looking venue to watch footy games
no because there will be airflow still (its not enclosed), it will be like sitting under a tree in the shade.
I remember the video of DeFoe when he was driving in along the Gardiner and he saw it for the first time...lol
Similarly I would imagine that many of the people in the south end of the east stand upper deck will be looking down at the top of the south stand roof. Somewhat visually disconnected from the supporters, but hopefully still able to hear them.
Im in 110 so not a problem for me personally
Based on what I saw last weekend the south roof will be at the same height as the top of the south east.
What do you mean same height as the south east?
The mounting points for the south roof are already on the support beams... It's going to be significantly lower than the east and west roof.
Here an example
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If you look at the image posted by AreaThrasher above, then I believe the roof will be secured at the third "rung" level of the support towers.
Last edited by OTDude82; 02-02-2016 at 09:16 PM.
Ur right. About 10 rows will be above the south roof. I lay on my couch corrected.
Lol.Ur right. About 10 rows will be above the south roof. I lay on my couch corrected.
i just didn't know what you meant by "south east", but figured you were talking about the other roof sections. If the south was the same height as the west, that would be comical.
The new lighting is mounted under the roofs. What are they doing for lights on the north side since there are no stands or roof to mount them on. It would be disruptive to the players to have uneven lighting.
Last edited by Fort York Redcoat; 02-03-2016 at 08:51 AM.
I believe the lights will be located along the east & west sides?The new lighting is mounted under the roofs. What are they doing for lights on the north side since there are no stands or roof to mount them on. It would be disruptive to the players to have uneven lighting.
Last edited by Fort York Redcoat; 02-03-2016 at 08:52 AM.
I swung by the stadium late tonight after viewing a condo near the area.
I must say, I agree with the poster who said it feels VERY intimidating. I really like this. Feels like a legit stadium now in my opinion. More then perfect for a team that's 10 years old. Really, really, really happy. This will make me want to go to more games this year. It really pumped me up to want to go to more games this year.
It's starting to look pretty badass.
Last couple months I've had to go to Liberty Village on a regular basis and when I hit Ex Go, it's amazing the progress they've been making.
Our little BMO all grown up. Fuck the haters.
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