Twirly Burly on March 25, 2011, at 04:12PM – #1

A fixed roof design?? I'm going to throw up. We have the most beautiful weather in Southern California, and this stadium would cover it up. What an awful design.

JDRCRASHER on March 25, 2011, at 04:32PM – #2

^ Uhh...that's why they call it a "retractable" roof...

Twirly Burly on March 25, 2011, at 04:37PM – #3

@JD - actually the news coming out today says they are considering a fixed (always closed) roof because of the cost.

William Crandell on March 25, 2011, at 04:55PM – #4

With a roof overhead and no rain or water coming down, they'll prolly have one of those huge electronic Close Encounters billboards hovering above the field. Too bad. I like the idea of having monitors away in the four corners of the interior space. A translucent roof? How about a sizeable, clear, glazed porthole connecting the interior with the firmament, the expanse of the heavens above? Perhaps AEG might conceive of a structural support system for the roof being as unobtrusive as possible. Think of the Pantheon in Rome or the Bradbury Building. Retain the light and space artist James Turrell to collaborate with the structural engineers and architects.

Think of having to attend a convention, an exhibit or a concert inside of a staid sports arena... Think of the outside image of the city, the image broadcast by every athletic event. Imagine the television cameras cutting away, to show the upper reaches of a spectacularly conceived interior space. Consider the added value, the added experience of those who will attend events in the space. Wasserman surely ought to be able to appreciate that, that possibility. Imagine the audience being as entranced by the environment as by the event. Compare such a concept as this with the pedestrian design for the athletic facility known as Grand Crossing.

Twirly Burly on March 25, 2011, at 09:08PM – #5

One thing for sure, with AEG there would be no overhead blimp views, no fighter jets during the national anthem, no skydiving parachute demos.. for what?? All to protect us from the non-existent snowstorms and tornados. AEG are a bunch of crack heads for coming up with this closed roof idea.

Simon Ha on March 26, 2011, at 10:10AM – #6

Is Gensler designing the convention center as well?