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buildings. Now they’re making a comeback in the modern day entertainment industry.
Welcome to the era of the domed stadium. Have these domes really improved the quality
of entertainment that much? Before the times of the domed stadiums, snow, rain, and
cold weather often caused the games to be postponed or cancelled. The people in the
entertainment industry knew they needed a big building able to host big sports events that
can be enjoyed by all. If they created such a big building then there would have to be
pillars in the middle of the field holding it up, which would affect game play. Thus
came the idea of the domed sports stadium. When the architects Rod Robbie and Michael
Allen were designing the Skydome, they knew it had to be something unique. Buck
Martinez told them that the baseball players enjoyed playing outdoors more than indoors,
and he gave them the idea of the a retractable stadium1. Then they had to go to work to
figure out how to make this retactable stadium. They tried all sorts of ways and couldn’t
find anything that worked. One day at a restaurant they realized how a lobster’s shell
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In a comparison there are ups and downs to each of the stadiums. The
seats in the ACC are also much more comfortable than the Skydome’s hard plastic seats. Since the creation of the
Skydome many other retractable dome have been built, the most famous one being Bank
One Ballpark, home to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
We go back to the home city of the Skydome to compare it to Toronto’s new
stadium, The Air Canada Center, known to the locals as the ACC.
The Skydome can be compared to numerous other stadiums in Canada. A special path called the
skywalk was built from Union station to the Skydome, because there were so many
people coming to see the world champion Blue Jays. The fact that it cost about half the price of
the Skydome makes it seem even better. It’s capacity is
larger than the Skydome’s a very large 60, 000 people. Until a few years ago the Skydome had the biggest video screen in the
world. The ACC is much smaller that the
Skydome with a capacity of 19, 800 people during a basketball game and 1100 less
during a hockey game.
The Skydome was a revolution in sports stadiums, the players could enjoy the sun and
when needed, be shielded from the rain. Skydome is equipped with a
four star hotel, which is directly connected to the Skydome, and from some rooms the
playing field is viewable so the games can be watched.
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