Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

[Buffalo716]

8 hours ago, Ned Flanders said:

Easy on Abraham and the boys...they're building a barn this weekend.  You English are so inpatient.

I'm not English I'm German just like the Amish

[DaVinci]

Would it have been a big issue if they opened it in 2027. They wouldn't have to be so rushed.

[Ga boy]

4 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Renderings? The video fly overs show the real thing. The roof is done. 

What about simulations of canopy shade on the field during a game??

[Mike in Horseheads]

4 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Renderings? The video fly overs show the real thing. The roof is done. 

Its Corning Gorrilla Glass, thats why it doesn't look like its there

[Mike in Horseheads]

58 minutes ago, DaVinci said:

Would it have been a big issue if they opened it in 2027. They wouldn't have to be so rushed.

They just would have dragged their feet and be in the same shape

[Ga boy]

4 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

Renderings? The video fly overs show the real thing. The roof is done. 

Got that.  Asking about shadows on field during game.

[SoCal Deek]

7 hours ago, Ga boy said:

Got that.  Asking about shadows on field during game.

Shadows will of course vary depending on the time of the day and month of the year, but they’ll definitely cover some of the field at times. Not as much in September as they will in late December when the sun is lower in the sky. 

[That's No Moon]

8 hours ago, Ga boy said:

What about simulations of canopy shade on the field during a game??

If you want to see basically what it will look like watch a Tottenham soccer game on TV.  The stadium and it's orientation are very similar.  Obviously the sun angles in London will be different than in OP given how much further north London is, but it will give you a good approximation

[Ga boy]

32 minutes ago, SoCal Deek said:

Shadows will of course vary depending on the time of the day and month of the year, but they’ll definitely cover some of the field at times. Not as much in September as they will in late December when the sun is lower in the sky. 

Thanks.  Just hope positioning doesn’t put sun in eyes of receivers, and moving in and out of shade.  The position of old stadium resulted in sun not being a factor.  Here in Ga, the old ATL stadium that had a canopy had both shadows and sun issues.

[That's No Moon]

29 minutes ago, Ga boy said:

Thanks.  Just hope positioning doesn’t put sun in eyes of receivers, and moving in and out of shade.  The position of old stadium resulted in sun not being a factor.  Here in Ga, the old ATL stadium that had a canopy had both shadows and sun issues.

Depending on the time of day, the sun is a factor at the old stadium also.  Late game 1pm or early game 4pm looking diagonally back towards the scoreboard side from the visitors side at the tunnel end puts the sun right in the way.  This will be much less of a problem at the new stadium because the building itself will block the setting sun in a way the current one doesn't.  There will be some pretty stark shadows at times though which are more of an issue for TV than for anything else.

[SoCal Deek]

11 hours ago, Just Jack said:

@SoCal Deek, I've wondered would there a plan for how the seats are laid out by color. Pretty sure it's not Jim Bob just grabbing whatever he feels like and installing it. 

Yes, it’s all laid out originally by the architects and then detailed in the shop drawings created by the seating contractor. While the design is random, the installers are following a seat by seat ‘map’. Believe it or not, in the old days, prior to CAD we would have had a spotter with binoculars on the other side of the stadium bowl signally to the installers which color they want where. Crazy, right? 

[Ga boy]

4 hours ago, That's No Moon said:

Depending on the time of day, the sun is a factor at the old stadium also.  Late game 1pm or early game 4pm looking diagonally back towards the scoreboard side from the visitors side at the tunnel end puts the sun right in the way.  This will be much less of a problem at the new stadium because the building itself will block the setting sun in a way the current one doesn't.  There will be some pretty stark shadows at times though which are more of an issue for TV than for anything else.

I know they turned the footprint a bit to mitigate the wind and blowing snow, so the sun’s path across the field will be different. Hopefully, it will not affect play on the field.  Also, the intensity is a bit different in ATL usually.  I assume the home team will be on the sunny side, so that it’s colder for visitors.

[WotAGuy]

As an astronomer and meteorologist, I can say with confidence that the lower sun angle during the fall means there will be no sun or shadow in the new stadium. Both have been eliminated by the new technology.
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