ESCALATORS TO THE UPPER LEVEL PLEASE
I would love to know the logic behind not doing that originally. Was Michelle Obama working for HOK Sport at the time?
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 04:35 PM
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:34 PM
Not having enough money to put them in.
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:37 PM
I doubt the escalators weren't put in due to money. What % of a stadium cost is the escalators? .5%?
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:40 PM
They started cutting costs. That is part of what was cut out.
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:40 PM
They started cutting costs. That is part of what was cut out.
Source?
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"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:44 PM
Here's a 1998 Sun article. The Ravens said it was a safety issue, and HOK said it was to save money.
http://articles.balt...ium-lower-decks
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:56 PM
Crazy. I feel like every NFL stadium I have been to has escalators.
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"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 05:59 PM
Crazy. I feel like every NFL stadium I have been to has escalators.
Oriole Park had some issues with their escalators around that time (I'm pretty sure at least one person died from an accident), so I can see safety as both a legitimate issue as well as something to smokescreen bringing the cost down a bit.
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 06:03 PM
Source?
It is amazing the retention of what is read is so low. Thx Nigel I was just going to post that.
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 06:04 PM
BTW I believe the safety concept was an excuse to placate the easily lead.
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 06:39 PM
When did fans start needing escalators?
(Not being either a smart-ass or a curmudgeon... just curious, that's all...)
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 07:18 PM
When did fans start needing escalators?
(Not being either a smart-ass or a curmudgeon... just curious, that's all...)
When they got fatter and lazier.
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Posted 11 January 2016 - 08:42 PM
When did fans start needing escalators?
(Not being either a smart-ass or a curmudgeon... just curious, that's all...)
When they started needing ~200 stairs to get to a seat at the top of the upper deck.
Granted, I'm in better shape now than I used to be, but I've ended up with leg cramps hiking to the top row at M&T (and I've sat that high or close to it probably 80% of the times I've been there for an event).
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 04:44 PM
So the LA relocation committee has recommended the Chargers-Raiders joint project in Carson, rejecting the Rams Inglewood stadium/relocation, by a 5-1 vote....the nay vote, unsurprisingly, being from the owner of the other Missouri team (Chiefs).
Meanwhile, reports indicate that there might be enough owners on board to gain the league-wide vote needed for a plan where the Rams and Chargers share Kroenke's stadium in Inglewood, while the Raiders have to go back to square one (an idea purportedly floated by Jerry Jones in a letter to Goodell).
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First round of votes completed. Rams/TBD in Inglewood gets more votes than Raiders/Chargers in Carson. Nobody at required 24 yet.
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 06:06 PM
The Rams got 21 of 24 necessary votes with eight against and three abstaining.
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 06:12 PM
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 06:22 PM
Feeling nostalgic. The Rams and possibly the Raiders back in LA. Takes me back.
There is baseball, and occasionally there are other things of note
"Now OPS sucks. Got it."
"Making his own olive brine is peak Mackus."
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 06:23 PM
If the Rams come back, do you think they'll go back to their old colors?
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Posted 12 January 2016 - 06:25 PM
Didn't the Rams play at Anaheim? I take it that's not an option anymore with the renovations to the Big A.
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