The Weather

[Speedskater]

A football/soccer question for NorthStar.
Doesn't the roof at the Vancouver stadium close completely?
Both goalkeepers at the East end of the stadium had big problems with the sun. Even thou the sky was smokey.

 

[NorthStar]

Hey, I'm just telling it like it feels...very very hot. ...Don't blame the messenger blame the weather. ...See how around 40° Celsius everyday for the last month or so affects your brain overall. ...And I got no AC air here, we don't usually need it.
I tell ya, after a while you start hallucinating.

* Kevin, Cal can answer your question better than I.

 

[Cal Weldon]

Yes, BC Place stadium roof does close completely but only when rain is expected or in the winter to retain heat. The old roof was an air supported dome but wasn't particularly attractive nor could it open. New roof much more modern and attractive.

Old roof --------------------- New roof

 

[jacco vermeulen]

IMO, it should change color when STIs are detected.

 

[Cal Weldon]

It does change. Orange for the football team, blue for the soccer.

 

[cogitech]

Hey, I'm just telling it like it feels...very very hot. ...Don't blame the messenger blame the weather. ...See how around 40° Celsius everyday for the last month or so affects your brain overall. ...And I got no AC air here, we don't usually need it.
I tell ya, after a while you start hallucinating.

* Kevin, Cal can answer your question better than I.

Where the heck on VI was it 40C for a whole month. Methinks your thermometer is broken, or in the sunshine.

 

[infinia]

It does change. Orange for the football team, blue for the soccer.

look bass ackwards
pink for soccer
blue for football

 

[vinylkid58]

Where the heck on VI was it 40C for a whole month. Methinks your thermometer is broken, or in the sunshine.

If our greenhouse had all it's panels in, there have been many days that it would have hit 40C. Just over 30 in the shade is all it's been able to hit.

jeff

 

[jacco vermeulen]

bass ackwards

Does look like the perfect venue for a fairy queen party in orange-pink, n'est-ce pas ?

 

[Cal Weldon]

I see the setting sun is throwing off the colour a bit. It's can be almost any colour.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=bc+p...4GeVebjOpK0ogT2x4LYBg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&dpr=1.5

 

[jacco vermeulen]

Big Colorful place, hey ?

 

[chrisb]

yup - amazing what half a billion $ can get you

mind you, that's CDN ...

 

[Speedskater]

I remember reading that the stadium is booked more than 200 days a year.

 

[chrisb]

no doubt a great venue - to which I'm sure Cal can attest

Never been there myself -neither a fan of professional sports or of stadium music concerts

 

[Cal Weldon]

I actually slept on the field one night.

 

[chrisb]

thereby hangs a tale, methinks - must have been in your former life as a carefree bachelor

 

[Cal Weldon]

I have to come clean. It was a Boy Scout sleepover about 10 years ago at the stadium. There were a couple thousand of them and I was one of the 'supervisors'. I was kinda hoping for one of the guest suites but alas...

 

[chrisb]

we dyb, dyb, dyb
we dob, dob, dob

Scoutmaster Cal reporting for duty

it's the "clean and reverent" clause in the oath with which I have fun imagining compliance

 

[infinia]

I like Canada Dry
my mind went reeling with Cal's sleepover announcement.... his explanation helped a little

 

[gasboss775]

this retirement thing is harder than it looks for some folks

Mhm

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It does change. Orange for the football team, blue for the soccer.

I had always assumed Canadians called soccer, football like we Brits.