Stadium Construction Discussion (No PSL/Seat selection posts)

[SoonerBillsFan]

4 minutes ago, Mr Info said:

At first I was confused but your use of the initialism ‘AMD’ but now I get it after looking at the pic:.. ‘And Marlboro Determined’ 

Its my damn phone. It autocorrects to that for some reason

[Sierra Foothills]

7 hours ago, K-9 said:

 

4 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

And state of the art in 1973.

 

Also BTW, by the 3rd season at Rich Stadium many of the light bulbs in the scoreboard had blown out... but who was gonna go up on a ladder and replace them?

 

The answer is "no one."

 

[SoMAn]

20 hours ago, WotAGuy said:

I think some of the old highlights videos from OJ’s 2003 season show some scoreboard replays.  Crazy to think I was watching games on a 19” B&W tv back then. 
 

 

It was 'state of the art' in 1973 when Rich Stadium opened. I believe it was the first NFL scoreboard to have the ability to show replays and moving images on the scoreboard. LED technology has come a long way and scoreboards are nothing like the high school-looking displays from the 60's and early 70's.

[stevewin]

23 hours ago, SoCal Deek said:

The concrete is generally crushed and used as road base. The rebar will sold as scrap metal and repurposed. 

For the lower bowl - will they basically keep the portion below grade intact and fill it like a giant cereal bowl?

[SoCal Deek]

Just now, stevewin said:

For the lower bowl - will they basically keep the portion below grade intact and fill it like a giant cereal bowl?

They can but I doubt they will. It’s generally not a good idea to bury a slab like that. There are issues with foundation heaving as the ground goes through temperature and moisture changes over the course of a year/decades. So if they do, they’d need to drill multiple holes in the ‘bowl’ to avoid those problems. I’m guessing they’ll demolish and crush it. 

[K-9]

1 hour ago, stevewin said:

For the lower bowl - will they basically keep the portion below grade intact and fill it like a giant cereal bowl?

The latest video showed a backhoe with the concrete breaker attachment busting up the concrete in the lower bowl.

 

 

[stevewin]

1 hour ago, K-9 said:

The latest video showed a backhoe with the concrete breaker attachment busting up the concrete in the lower bowl.

 

 

Yeah I saw that and it was what made me wonder - wasn't sure if the wreckage in the bowl was just damage from the machine driving over it - it looked like it was working on the structure at the top of the bowl and drove in the bowl for access

Edited May 11 by stevewin

[Einstein]

On 5/9/2026 at 8:09 PM, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Dot matrix? That original Rich Stadium video board was a bunch of Christmas light bulbs!

 

 

Love it.

 

The Marlboro sign below the Blue Cross is an especially nifty touch.

[Rubes]

11 minutes ago, Einstein said:

 

Love it.

 

The Marlboro sign below the Blue Cross is an especially nifty touch.

 

Right below the Blue Cross sign!

 

Might as well just say, "Blue Cross...we've got your lung cancer covered"...

 

[K-9]

24 minutes ago, stevewin said:

Yeah I saw that and it was what made me wonder - wasn't sure if the wreckage in the bowl was just damage from the machine driving over it - it looked like it was working on the structure at the top of the bowl and drove in the bowl for access

The hydraulic jack hammer attached to the backhoe is the giveaway there. Its sole purpose is to bust up the concrete and we can see that at about the 1:40 mark and then again as the camera zooms in on it a bit at around 4:15. Can even see the progress being made by looking at all the busted concrete to the right of the backhoe. 

[Sierra Foothills]

1 hour ago, K-9 said:

The latest video showed a backhoe with the concrete breaker attachment busting up the concrete in the lower bowl.

 

 

 

As someone who's operated equipment on hillsides, it makes me nervous to see the excavator working the lower bowl like that. I believe the angle of elevation in the lower bowl is 28 degrees which is enough to tip the equipment if there's operator error.

 

[BillsPride12]

47 minutes ago, Rubes said:

 

Right below the Blue Cross sign!

 

Might as well just say, "Blue Cross...we've got your lung cancer covered"...

 

Ahhh man.  The 70s-90s were just a different time in life lol 

[Einstein]

8 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

As someone who's operated equipment on hillsides, it makes me nervous to see the excavator working the lower bowl like that. I believe the angle of elevation in the lower bowl is 28 degrees which is enough to tip the equipment if there's operator error.

 

 

You’re not wrong to be wary, but it should be okay as the excavator only tips if the combined center of mass moves outside the footprint of the tracks. When the breaker is pushing into the concrete, the reaction force from the ground pushes back on the machine, increasing the normal force at the downhill/front side and creating a counter-torque that resists tipping. If this was a bucket, this would be a different story (the swing along would destabilize the counter force). 

[Sierra Foothills]

11 minutes ago, Einstein said:

You’re not wrong to be wary, but it should be okay as the excavator only tips if the combined center of mass moves outside the footprint of the tracks. When the breaker is pushing into the concrete, the reaction force from the ground pushes back on the machine, increasing the normal force at the downhill/front side and creating a counter-torque that resists tipping. If this was a bucket, this would be a different story (the swing along would destabilize the counter force). 

 

There's actual video of excavators climbing steep grades using the boom, stick, and bucket to grab and pull (and sometimes push) the equipment. They're amazing machines. The boom assembly is actually powerful enough to cause a tip if too much force is applied.

 

The most important thing is for the operator to keep the equipment facing uphill using the longer wheelbase, as opposed to going sideways and using the width.

 

Edited May 11 by Sierra Foothills

[Einstein]

5 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:

Ahhh man.  The 70s-90s were just a different time in life lol 

 

It was an objectively better time to be alive in many facets of life (although not all). And perhaps it still would be if we hadn’t accidentally branched into an alternate  timeline sometime around the mid-2000s.

[K-9]

1 hour ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

As someone who's operated equipment on hillsides, it makes me nervous to see the excavator working the lower bowl like that. I believe the angle of elevation in the lower bowl is 28 degrees which is enough to tip the equipment if there's operator error.

 

I can only imagine what that looks and feels like from the seat inside the cab. Do they use counterweights on backhoes working on inclines like that?

[Sierra Foothills]

1 hour ago, K-9 said:

I can only imagine what that looks and feels like from the seat inside the cab. Do they use counterweights on backhoes working on inclines like that?

 

I know that wheeled equipment like tractors and loaders have weights that can be added... not sure about track equipment like excavators.

 

I do know that all heavy equipment is designed to have a low center of gravity.

 

[UConn James]

They're hanging the charging Buffalo logos today. Fabric instead of a solid plastic or metal. 

[RkFast]

14 minutes ago, UConn James said:

They're hanging the charging Buffalo logos today. Fabric instead of a solid plastic or metal. 

 

I see today's "outrage" on the Tweeps is that they are going with a fabric or flexible plastic for some reason. 

 

Terry is cheap!!!!!!!

 

 

[chris heff]

31 minutes ago, RkFast said:

 

I see today's "outrage" on the Tweeps is that they are going with a fabric or flexible plastic for some reason. 

 

Terry is cheap!!!!!!!

 

 

My first thought was, maybe the fabric is easier to replace if the sun fades it, then I remembered that those six days of sun probably wouldn’t fade it.

Edited May 11 by chris heff