I’ve never been to a roofed stadium to gaze at the wonders of their existence. And here now in NJ we have been under a tornado watch for the past few hours with torrential rains so it’s easy for me to imagine actually being there in left field.
It’s hard to believe the poor planning in Canada & the eventual down fall of an MLB team that occurred. Hopefully if anyone decides to put up a domed stadium in the future they’d have all their ducks in a row & have the knowledge to do it successfully.
Your comment made me think of whether I'd been to a roofed stadium, and I think I've been to two, Miller Park in Milwaukee and much more recently Globe Life Field in Arlington. There was something antiseptic about the experience, but I completely understand why a roof is necessary down there (highs between 100 and 106 the next few days). Montreal's stadium fell into that old Olympic trap where all the new architecture has to be a little "arty," and that was the trouble. If you need a roof, just do a basic roof and call it a day.
When I worked for Sony one of the engineers there was a Jumbotron guy. But he wasn't a citizen so he couldn't travel to Canada. What twit hires a field service guy that can't travel? Sony logic I guess. Anyway they made another guy go. Since I was in the Display group I started learning about our line of Jumbotrons.
Unfortunately they wouldn't let me go with him to see the Blue Jay's screen.
Outstanding research and story telling. John Candelaria is the Forrest Gump of Rain-Ins.
Love this. Except given the timing he is progressing through Forrest's hair and beard choices in reverse.
Great story! Who would have thought that Candelaria was the thread connecting the three domed stadium “rainouts!”
I'm going to say he has the all-time record for participating in such events and challenge anyone to prove me wrong.
The "Candy Man" is the common thread - awesome!
I’ve never been to a roofed stadium to gaze at the wonders of their existence. And here now in NJ we have been under a tornado watch for the past few hours with torrential rains so it’s easy for me to imagine actually being there in left field.
It’s hard to believe the poor planning in Canada & the eventual down fall of an MLB team that occurred. Hopefully if anyone decides to put up a domed stadium in the future they’d have all their ducks in a row & have the knowledge to do it successfully.
Good story Paul.
Your comment made me think of whether I'd been to a roofed stadium, and I think I've been to two, Miller Park in Milwaukee and much more recently Globe Life Field in Arlington. There was something antiseptic about the experience, but I completely understand why a roof is necessary down there (highs between 100 and 106 the next few days). Montreal's stadium fell into that old Olympic trap where all the new architecture has to be a little "arty," and that was the trouble. If you need a roof, just do a basic roof and call it a day.
When I worked for Sony one of the engineers there was a Jumbotron guy. But he wasn't a citizen so he couldn't travel to Canada. What twit hires a field service guy that can't travel? Sony logic I guess. Anyway they made another guy go. Since I was in the Display group I started learning about our line of Jumbotrons.
Unfortunately they wouldn't let me go with him to see the Blue Jay's screen.
DARN!!!