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wonderboy905
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Imagine if the Skydome was engineered in a way that allowed it to open up to the city? I realize it was the first of the retractable roof stadiums (well... ones that actually work) and thus is a bit of a dinosaur... but after a recent visit to PNC park in Pittsburgh I'm sure we could have ended up a stadium immersed into the skyline as well as any with an immaculate view. The location is right, the interaction with its surroundings is all wrong.
PNC in Pittsburgh:
Comerica in Detroit ain't bad either:
Jacob's field got it right:
Safeco in Seattle demonstrates what you can really do with a retractable roof:
I know we've talked about the Skydome in countless other threads and I think Rogers has done an excellent job with it (other than rename it to the Rogers Centre, I guess the Rogers would quickly be dropped from Rogers Skydome)... but all one needs to do is visit the nearby parks in Detroit, Cleveland and of course Pittsburgh to only get jealous at what could have been right here.
Although I think Cincinatti goofed with theirs...
PNC in Pittsburgh:
![pnc403.jpg](http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/sports/brew/img/apr05/pnc403.jpg)
Comerica in Detroit ain't bad either:
Jacob's field got it right:
![Jacobs%20Field.jpg](http://www.towson.edu/~castaldi/images/Jacobs%20Field.jpg)
Safeco in Seattle demonstrates what you can really do with a retractable roof:
I know we've talked about the Skydome in countless other threads and I think Rogers has done an excellent job with it (other than rename it to the Rogers Centre, I guess the Rogers would quickly be dropped from Rogers Skydome)... but all one needs to do is visit the nearby parks in Detroit, Cleveland and of course Pittsburgh to only get jealous at what could have been right here.
Although I think Cincinatti goofed with theirs...
![000000000reds.jpg](http://www.ballparktour.com/000000000reds.jpg)