B.C. Place Stadium did get built in Vancouver and opened in 1983. The B.C. Lions play there, and the venue hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. After that Olympics, a retractable roof was placed on the building replacing the Metrodome style pillow roof in a renovation.
If I remember correctly, there was an offer by the city to build a stadium in Queens, basically what would become Shea Stadium, that would be shared by the Dodgers and Giants. Of course that was unacceptable to both teams and off to California they went.
Moses was a no good SOB who did incalculable damage to the city of New York! How did that POS overrule Governor Rockefeller and Mayor Wagner? Walter O’Malley had hoped to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn!
The issue with domed stadiums in baseball is ensuring players can see pop-up and fly balls - this was an issue with the Astrodome - while still making the interior seem welcoming.
I’m hopeful that the Rays new stadium has a translucent roof and windows letting in as much natural light as possible while keeping the temperature around 73 degrees.
There's a really funny video from 1985 about Candlestick and all the weather problems. Included is a joke proposal for a retractable dome over the Stick. Great stuff!
The Dallas Dome was to be in Arlington, right where the current stadium complex (Globe Life Field, Choctaw Stadium, AT&T Stadium) now stands. Built in place of the dome was Turnpike Stadium, a minor-league facility (Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs) which eventually was expanded into Arlington Stadium to bring in the Washington Senators as they became the Texas Rangers.
@@XBarajasX AT&T Stadium (aka Jerry World) is Texas Stadium on steroids, with the retractable roof that was to have been on Texas Stadium but couldn't make it. There was a proposal to put a dome on the Cotton Bowl which resembled American Airlines Center.
I wondered how the dodgers was going to built a dome in the late 50s and do about the grass, a glass dome would not work and astro turf and anything like that was not invented until the mid 60s
I think that back in the day it was considered a dome because retractables were not a thing yet. I think anything that was enclosed was considered to be a dome.
Fixed dome stadiums can't go away completely. Any new stadium in Tampa will almost certainly require a fixed dome, because the additional expense to build and maintain a retractable roof for the very limited time it would be open just can't justify it. And a totally outdoor stadium in Tampa would be a scheduling disaster in the summer rainy season. I bet if you look hard at Miami's new stadium, you would agree building the retractable roof was a mistake, for that reason. I agree with you about the value of natural lighting, which will drive future designers to translucent designs. But future stadiums in certain climates will most likely forever remain fixed, not retractable.
Just like most things..This was a hot new trend at that time. Just like the fixed translucent ETFE roofs now for natural light and the use Artificial Grass..trends come and go.
Honestly don’t wanna say the trop is the last one! I’ve been going to the skydome ever since I was a kid because it’s my home team and I’d say that’s a dome too just has a retractable roof!
I never heard of The Vet being considered as a domed stadium in it's early planning but I do recall that in the mid-80's the Eagles put a bid in to host a Super Bowl(1987 that was eventually awarded to San Diego) and one of the concepts to do so would be to enclose the Vet. Obviously it didn't happen. Eventually the Vet gave way to the Linc, Citizens Bank Park, and the Spectrum gave way to the Corestates Center(now known as the Wells Fargo Center).
I don't know about all retractable roof stadiums in the MLB but I know that T-mobile park in Seattle is only closed 22% of the time or about 17.8 times a year.
Actually the dome was the FIRST ditch effort. O'Malley (contrary to popular belief) wanted very much to keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn (and made very plain they were not the "Queens Dodgers"...that proposal would later become Shea Stadium) but in the end didn't have any other real choice. Ebbets Field maybe among the most beloved parks in terms of history but when it was actually active...not nearly so much. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think there was any serious effort to save Ebbets Field or the Polo Grounds from being replaced.
Yes and actually BC Place when it had the old roof was more a carbon copy of the RCA Dome in Indy than the Metrodome. AND it was the largest pressurized dome too i believe because the CFL Field is larger than NFL so it was bigger than the silverdome even tho it had less seats
I went to a lot of baseball games in the Kingdome when I was young. Everyone celebrated when that building was imploded. A retractable roof if definitely the way to go.
M's fans had a love/hate relationship with the Kingdome. It was a piece of crap, but it was OUR piece of crap. On the other hand, I was super excited when Safeco Field/T-Mobile Park opened.
