sherpa Posted September 29, 2021 Posted September 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Shaw66 said: Interesting thoughts. Clearly, they aren't doing any more improvements at Highmark, but there definitely should be some wind-planning for the new stadium. It seems to have gotten worse the last couple of years. There have been multiple games a year where the wind is a big factor. The fundamental problem is that the wind comes from the open end of the stadium. If the easterly end were closed, it wouldn't be so bad. I agree that it seems to be much more a factor in the last two years, and like you, I go back to 1963. Obviously, the facility was designed with the more open end on the east, since the prevailing wind is from the southwest. It would be quite simple to provide a structure neutralizes that opening. Aerodynamics is aerodynamics. A stadium is no different from any airfoil. Wind flows from high to low pressure, and is impacted by structure. It isn't magic. Storms that create one off issues are not a factor in Sep/Oct/Nov at that latitude. There is simply not enough energy in the atmosphere. The problem is easily solved once the data is known, and I don't think it would be that expensive. Again, it is becoming more an issue, and I'd like to see it addressed.
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