SoCal Deek

What’s really sad is that either side of the political aisle would make this about politics. The issue here is rampant, and ignored mental illness in this country. Just spent a week in Hawaii and I can’t tell you how many people we saw staggering down the street rambling incoherent gibberish. Are most of them violent? Obviously not. But what are we doing as a civilized nation?

Excellent! Then we are ALL in agreement. 😉

If he’s a conservative, and is now in custody, that means there are literally ZERO conservatives left on the streets of Berkeley, California.

TH3….relax. I am an architect. I’m not suggesting it will be an issue. I’m agreeing with you that it can be designed around. (My point is that if you have a wide open plane of ground, a depression (valley, gulley, or crater) does effect the wind pattern, just as it does in a moving stream of water.

As I mentioned, I’m no a wind expert…but it would seem that having a depression in a large flat surface would cause a disruption in the flow. Not an increase or concentration, but a disruption or ripple-like turbulence. No?

I’m not sure that’s correct. The reason an airplane has lift is because of the shape of the wing. The ground depression at field level will have an impact on how the wind reacts as it moves across the ground surface. The shape of the surrounding grandstands can of course either concentrate or dissipate that flow.

Wait…the Left believes in hell now? Interesting.

And this is from the ‘lady’ who paid for a made up story about her opponent and then sat idly by while he was hounded over it for over four years. Please Hilary….just go away!

Thanks for sharing! It’s truly amazing how these facilities have evolved through the last century. The Bills three stadiums are excellent examples of all three major eras….although Rich Stadium being a football only stadium thankfully avoided the anonymous multi-purpose era of the early 70s. If you go to England you’ll see that the majority of their soccer stadiums are actually still located on their original grounds, in the middle of a little residential neighborhood, but now with modern grandstands looming up over what was once just a local park. Since everyone arrives via public transportation they don’t need the large parking lots we have.

Classic Obama….doing the least amount possible when it’s not about him.

Can you imagine that they dragged his pompous arse out from Martha’s Vineyard and that’s the best he could come up with? Wasn’t Warnock a minister before his recent election? Talk about pathetic.

I find all of these pundits to be full of themselves. They’ve turned politics into a sporting event. The vast vast majority of Americans couldn’t care less about the midterms and have no idea who’s running. It’s no different than the World Series, that started last night. I’m guessing the vast majority of Americans can’t tell you who’s playing in this years Series and couldn’t care less.

The ‘leader of the opposition party’ is playing golf today. (Just like BillSy said he did while in office.) You don’t see everyone else on here talking about Obama every day….do you?

TH….I’m not a ‘wind designer’ but I’d imagine lowering the field would indeed have an impact on how the wind reacts inside the stadium especially when it’s been funneled through the canyon created by the grandstands…like at Rich Stadium. That however doesn’t appear to be the case with the new stadium design which has enclosed end zones.

The problem with nudists is that it always end badly right after a hammer enters the picture.

Just one more reason why I never married a supermodel. Way too high maintenance! 😉

I’m surprised I didn’t see more discussion on here about Akers. The story of his potential availability came out over a week ago.

Thanks for sharing! The Northwestern stadium is another recently revealed design. If you’re interested, Everton’s new stadium in Liverpool is right on the waterfront and is a completely different aesthetic.

Excellent question. The answers are all around you. Would you say that Dallas, Minnesota, Los Angeles, London, all look the same? They do not. The architects went to great lengths to make sure that they don’t…..and it’s NOT about cost. The same is true with more recent outdoor stadiums like San Francisco, Seattle, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Miami and others. Again this not about ugly or beautiful in the traditional (layman’s) sense of the word. It’s about making a place that uniquely unique…..if that makes sense. And I’m sure Poplulous will bring a lot of that into the final development. They are VERY talented.

Renderings are often deceiving because of the perspective. Just go on Google Earth and look straight down from the satellite. You’ll see that virtually all of the seats are covered in European soccer stadiums, especially in England where it rains a lot during their season.

I agree…somewhat. Most people get into government funded industries because they love what they do. After a few years you realize that you’re totally engulfed by the profession and then it becomes really hard to distinguish between the passion and the paycheck.

No argument there. That’s what makes stadium design so challenging. The architects have to work really hard to make the facilities look different, given that there are so many things that are by the nature of the facility going to be similar. Remember, my critique says nothing about whether the Bills stadium is what most people would say is nice looking or not. My comments come strictly from the point of view of an architect. I’d be shocked if Populous didn’t actually try and talk the Bills out of having it look at all similar to one of their more recent designs. Again, it’s what we do.

Remember it well. I was at a wedding in Waikiki. Watched the game at 7:00am in a bar with the entire groomsmen party…. and the minister! We had a blast. The entire place was high fiving us and comped our breakfast. Nice!

It’s the general exterior shape clad in a glass/metal panels with undulating openings. And the general interior shape featuring the steep rake of the seats and high pitched overhang halo at the top. Both are very similar to Tottenham. I’m guessing that from this point forward in the development of the design that the architects are going to work like crazy to make sure they look less similar. It’s what we do.

Thank you. I had rhetorical questions in both of my most recent posts to you. Was it really that hard to tell me which one you were prattling on about? Really? And to respond directly, if you have no filter for sarcasm you are truly beyond all hope.