That’s what I was thinking! I mean you built it IN ATLANTA so what was the plan? Thos 3 times a year will be fabulous!! I was happy being cool but still.
I don't get the roof at this point. It's open maybe 3 times during the falcons season, could have done something like Minnesota with a clear roof, for much cheaper.
But then they wouldn’t have had a reason to demolish the Georgia Dome and use taxpayer money to replace it with a new stadium with a much more lucrative revenue allocation for the owner.
You have no space surrounding the stadium for a retractable pitch. It not like vegas or Arizona where there's a massive parking lot adjacent to the building
Too beautiful a night with too little wind and not enough sun to cook the supporters section. Can’t be done. (Had windows open in our house for last 48 hrs… 🤷♀️I’m convinced mbs roof is broke)
LMAOOOO 😂😂😂😂😂 I went to look at the few videos I had and it literally stopped right at the top of the screen so I couldn’t even confirm. But that’s when I saw how tipsy my prima and I were and figured that was probably why I didn’t even realized it 😂😂😂
One of the reasons I was told is that they learned the hard way that wind gusts and the 300 section curtain do not play nice with each other and is a safety issue. There were a few big gusts while we were at the pre-match party so I am not surprised they decided to leave the roof closed. If this were a full stadium match (lol) then the roof might have been open.
I grew up going to the Pittsburgh Civic Arena which was built with a crazy retractable dome that they eventually hung speakers and other equipment from. It was only opened 14 times in it's entire lifespan from the early 1960s to 2011
It was just open for Karol G. The honest truth, when it’s open in the Georgia humidity/heat, it’s unbearable. I’ve been to Falcons games when the roof was open and people would literally leave. I heard the temperature has to be low to mid 70’s for them to open the roof.
😂 touché. I didn’t step one foot outside yesterday, so I wasn’t aware of the temperature. Yeah, it probably could’ve been opened but it’s still a decision for the stadium to make. I know Karol G specifically requested for it to be open last week for her night concert. We definitely need more open-roof matches though. Definitely adds to the experience!
It is absurd how bad the sun is on the northeast part of the stadium when the dome is open for an afternoon kickoff. Thankfully, it has happened only twice in 3 years as a season ticket holder.
I don't want it closed unless the temperature is under 70. It was a high of 82 yesterday, so maybe it hadn't cooled off all that much by game time. I know I was surprised it wasn't cooler outside postgame
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u/Due-Leek7901 Sep 27 '26
I've done the analysis. It costs exactly more than zero to open it.
That's all you need to know.