You're incorrect about State Farm Stadium. They kept the roof closed during the Kurt Warner years per request by Kurt Warner himself. Now they open it during football season very regularly (from about October through the rest of the season). They had it open for more games than it was closed during this last 2023 season. It is a shame that the Seahawks, Huskies, Ducks, and Beavers all play their games on fake turf. All of those areas have enough precipitation to warrant real grass. I think the curtain in Jacksonville is a great idea. Much better than just using ugly black tarps. Well, the sun doesn’t shine directly over AT&T due to where it’s built. That’s why you see it beaming through the massive windows. Just a FYI MetLife Stadium got the 2026 World Cup final Been checking out your channel for a few weeks now, the algorithm introduced me. Regarding the topic of this video and specifically retractable roofs, I've always wondered how much climate control costs play into the decision to stay closed. I'm old enough to have attended a few at Texas Stadium in Irving and even with the hole up top, industrial-grade HVAC units were always running. And I've heard Jerry Jones talk about how expensive it is to maintain the climate inside Cowboys Stadium, especially after closing the roof. Idk how much all that relates to your points in the video but I've always presumed climate control costs for an open roof probably play more on an owner like Jerry's mind while I think he could care less about the sun and shadows or he'd built his amusement park in a direction that didn't allow direct sunlight to stream through the End Zone windows directly from 12p-sundown from September through the playoffs. Those windows and Stadium sun orientation would be a fun one for Cowboys faithful. Keep up the good work and I pray you and your channel are blessed. The red and blue seats at the America's Center Dome could have also been due to the Cardinals football team. The original plans for the Dome were drawn up around 1987 to keep the Cardinals in St Louis. I also wonder how this factors in with the St Louis Stallions. That team was supposed to have a purple and gold color scheme like the Vikings. I wonder if they would have stuck with that or changed the team colors to red and blue to match the seats. 4 days ago The Patriots would've been renamed the St. Louis Stallions That MN convertible-to-baseball feature may have been a condition of the permits to build the stadium. It would have not a thing to do with whether (no pun) they could fill the joint. The Jaguars do not have an attendance problem. They had a college stadium problem. This building was built for the Georgia vs Florida game and the Citrus Bowl. Look at the rankings of attendance for NFL teams. This year they were ELEVENTH in attendance in the League. More than Miami or Tampa. More than San Francisco. In the early 2010's they struggled attendance-wise but the team was not performing either. They have removed the "extra" seats used for the college games. The majority of Cowboys games have been primetime or 4pm games in the last 2 years Why do you call the roof on a stand an overhang? NFL stadium fact depressed ginger uploaded this TH-cam video at 3:15 You see that airport in the background? It doubled as a racetrack for 26 years, including a one-off night race under the floodlights in 2003: th-cam.com/video/XBUMuju6GXY/w-d-xo.html The Cowboys, for the most part, play in the 3/4 o'clock window at home. I can't believe MetLife is hosting the World Cup final in 2026. Atlanta, JerryWorld, SoFi, and Azteca all would've been better.
You're incorrect about State Farm Stadium. They kept the roof closed during the Kurt Warner years per request by Kurt Warner himself. Now they open it during football season very regularly (from about October through the rest of the season). They had it open for more games than it was closed during this last 2023 season.
Regarding retractable roofs, I think we may have seen the last of those in cold-weather cities. Minnesota was considering a retractable roof, but it would have added a billion dollars to the price tag of the stadium. Even a fixed roof adds about 50% to the cost over a typical open air stadium.
It is a shame that the Seahawks, Huskies, Ducks, and Beavers all play their games on fake turf. All of those areas have enough precipitation to warrant real grass.
What they *say* is that there is too much rain and too much usage making it too difficult to maintain. I'm not convinced especially with so many hybrid grasses available these days. Seattle will be getting real grass in 2026 for the FIFA World Cup. Not sure it'll overlap the NFL season at all though.
@@MrCho14 Not only hybrid grasses, but advanced drainage systems compared to 50+ years ago. I am sure when the Huskies, for example, were playing before Astroturf, the field was a sloppy mess at times.
Been checking out your channel for a few weeks now, the algorithm introduced me. Regarding the topic of this video and specifically retractable roofs, I've always wondered how much climate control costs play into the decision to stay closed. I'm old enough to have attended a few at Texas Stadium in Irving and even with the hole up top, industrial grade hvac units were always running. And I've heard Jerry Jones talk about how expensive it is to maintain the climate inside Cowboys Stadium, especially after closing the roof. Idk how much all that relates to your points in the video but I've always presumed climate control costs for an open roof probably play more on an owner like Jerry's mind while I think he could care less about the sun and shadows or he'd built his amusement park in a direction that didn't allow direct sunlight to stream through the End Zone windows directly from 12p-sundown from September through the playoffs. Those windows and Stadium sun orientation would be a fun one for Cowboys faithful. Keep up the good work and I pray you and your channel are blessed.
Shadows have always been an integral part of the cowboys' "look" on TV, at least since 1971. The moving shadows across the field as the game goes on etc. The deliberate "sun in face" aspect of the 2nd half opening drive in AT&T stadium for instance. The cowboys have ALWAYS used the shadows to their advantage just as the old Boston Celtics used to try and trap opposing players on areas of the Boston Garden parquet floor that only the Celtics knew were "dead spots".
@robertwiles8106 The sun in new stadium effects equally and regularly see the side choice for 1q and 3q opposite the sun windw but it's mostly preference. You are correct about Texas Stadium. It's no secret the sun sideline was the visitors side and was along the same theory as wearing white at home in the belief they were cooler. Always wanted to see them try cotton, haha . But as big as Cowboys stadium is, it's not a huge jump to think in person the perception is different and with long distance cameras the angles are almost impossible to perceive. But I've only been a handful of times and always so high it was hard not to just watch the video boars and perhaps my opinion isn't exactly correct but it's based on experience and observation plus nearly 50 years watching football, mostly Cowboys and the sunlight issues with both stadiums are frustrating and embarrassing. Winning a game by gaming the sun is about as sporting as stealing signs. So the sun issue is troubling for me, especially when I think it's not really that difficult if the architects would up it on the priority list. I do appreciate your thoughts.
@@JG-cv4cl I had always heard that the Cowboys wearing white at home was so they would always look the same and be immediately recognizable on black and white TVs.
The red and blue seats at the America's Center Dome could have also been due to the Cardinals football team. The original plans for the Dome were drawn up around 1987 to keep the Cardinals in St Louis. I also wonder how this factors in with the St Louis Stallions. That team was supposed to have a purple and gold color scheme like the Vikings. I wonder if they would have stuck with that or changed the team colors to red and blue to match the seats.
The Jaguars does not have an attendance problem. They had a college stadium problem. This building was built for the Georgia vs Florida game and the Citrus Bowl. Look at the rankings of attendance for NFL teams. This year they were ELEVENTH in attendance in the League. More than Miami or Tampa. More than San Francisco. It the early 2010's they struggled attendance wise but the team was not performing either. They have removed the "extra" seats used for the college games.
That MN convertible-to-baseball feature may have been a condition of the permits to build the stadium. It would have not a thing to do with whether (no pun) they could fill the joint.
@@MrCho14MetLife Stadium 🏟️ is physically located in the Borough of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, seven miles west of New York City/Manhattan, NOT NEW YORK. BTW, I'm from New Jersey. LOL. 👌
I have been to US Bank Stadium to watch a couple of games there, and honestly the thing was a joke. I told myself never again will I go watch a game that early into the season again, and I haven't since and that was 6 years ago.
@@chriskay1449 The size of the city nor the economic hub isn't overly important here. It's not like the alternative is Muncie, IN. There are many factors and MetLife is just fine, but there are much nicer stadiums with plenty big economies and populations that could host. Really it comes down to marketing and politics as always.
MetLife, Inc. Stadium 🏟️ is physically located in the Borough of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, seven miles west of New York City-Manhattan, NOT NEW YORK.
"where it's built"...... you mean in the US? The sun never shines directly overhead in the continental US. One would have to be within 23.5 degrees of the equator for that to happen. The Dallas area is closer to 33 degrees. Just an FYI.
9:15 You see that airport in the background? It doubled as a racetrack for 26 years, including a one-off night race under the floodlights in 2003: th-cam.com/video/XBUMuju6GXY/w-d-xo.html
Ginger: The cowboys don't generally play home games at 1:00 on Sundays (actually 12 noon since it's central. Not saying it never happens, but between their multiple SNF and MNF appearances, two thursday games (Thanksgiving and the week after), generally America's Team is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS in the prime time or late game spot. The networks actually fight each other over getting to televise cowboys games because they are such a ratings juggernaut.
If the Patriots actually moved to St. Louis, then St. Louis would be home to the one and only Tom Brady for two decades, and the team would bring SIX Lombardi Trophies home to the Gateway to the West. That is crazy to think about. St. Louis, which is (falsely) NOT considered a football city, had a real shot to host the GOAT himself and have said team win half a dozen Super Bowls.
@@slevin177 On top of that, Brady only got his chance because Bledsoe was got hurt. Sooooooooo much would have been different to the point that Brady may not have gotten a shot for that team, NE/SL ends up trading him, and some team like the Browns end up with all those rings. Or not..... It's so funny when people think it's just a lift and shift.
How so? Back in the day I used to go to Giant’s stadium to watch soccer. That stadium was decent except for the turf. I would’ve thought Met Life would’ve been an upgrade. The location kinda sucks because the Meadowlands smell. But at least there is parking.
You're incorrect about State Farm Stadium. They kept the roof closed during the Kurt Warner years per request by Kurt Warner himself. Now they open it during football season very regularly (from about October through the rest of the season). They had it open for more games than it was closed during this last 2023 season. It is a shame that the Seahawks, Huskies, Ducks, and Beavers all play their games on fake turf. All of those areas have enough precipitation to warrant real grass. I think the curtain in Jacksonville is a great idea. Much better than just using ugly black tarps. Well, the sun doesn’t shine directly over AT&T due to where it’s built. That’s why you see it beaming through the massive windows. Just a FYI MetLife Stadium got the 2026 World Cup final Been checking out your channel for a few weeks now, the algorithm introduced me. Regarding the topic of this video and specifically retractable roofs, I've always wondered how much climate control costs play into the decision to stay closed. I'm old enough to have attended a few at Texas Stadium in Irving and even with the hole up top, industrial-grade HVAC units were always running. And I've heard Jerry Jones talk about how expensive it is to maintain the climate inside Cowboys Stadium, especially after closing the roof. Idk how much all that relates to your points in the video but I've always presumed climate control costs for an open roof probably play more on an owner like Jerry's mind while I think he could care less about the sun and shadows or he'd built his amusement park in a direction that didn't allow direct sunlight to stream through the End Zone windows directly from 12p-sundown from September through the playoffs. Those windows and Stadium sun orientation would be a fun one for Cowboys faithful. Keep up the good work and I pray you and your channel are blessed. The red and blue seats at the America's Center Dome could have also been due to the Cardinals football team. The original plans for the Dome were drawn up around 1987 to keep the Cardinals in St Louis. I also wonder how this factors in with the St Louis Stallions. That team was supposed to have a purple and gold color scheme like the Vikings. I wonder if they would have stuck with that or changed the team colors to red and blue to match the seats.
4 days ago The Patriots would've been renamed the St. Louis Stallions That MN convertible-to-baseball feature may have been a condition of the permits to build the stadium. It would have not a thing to do with whether (no pun) they could fill the joint. The Jaguars do not have an attendance problem. They had a college stadium problem. This building was built for the Georgia vs Florida game and the Citrus Bowl. Look at the rankings of attendance for NFL teams. This year they were ELEVENTH in attendance in the League. More than Miami or Tampa. More than San Francisco. In the early 2010's they struggled attendance-wise but the team was not performing either. They have removed the "extra" seats used for the college games. The majority of Cowboys games have been primetime or 4pm games in the last 2 years Why do you call the roof on a stand an overhang? NFL stadium fact depressed ginger uploaded this TH-cam video at 3:15 You see that airport in the background? It doubled as a racetrack for 26 years, including a one-off night race under the floodlights in 2003: th-cam.com/video/XBUMuju6GXY/w-d-xo.html The Cowboys, for the most part, play in the 3/4 o'clock window at home. I can't believe MetLife is hosting the World Cup final in 2026. Atlanta, JerryWorld, SoFi, and Azteca all would've been better.
You're incorrect about State Farm Stadium. They kept the roof closed during the Kurt Warner years per request by Kurt Warner himself. Now they open it during football season very regularly (from about October through the rest of the season). They had it open for more games than it was closed during this last 2023 season.
Damn Kurt Warner got power
@@kyle.sterritt😂idk why I find this comment so funny hahahahahaha IM DYING
& I really don’t know why I keep laughing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@cesarmarte6772 he’s just built differently I guess😂
Regarding retractable roofs, I think we may have seen the last of those in cold-weather cities. Minnesota was considering a retractable roof, but it would have added a billion dollars to the price tag of the stadium. Even a fixed roof adds about 50% to the cost over a typical open air stadium.
It is a shame that the Seahawks, Huskies, Ducks, and Beavers all play their games on fake turf. All of those areas have enough precipitation to warrant real grass.
What they *say* is that there is too much rain and too much usage making it too difficult to maintain. I'm not convinced especially with so many hybrid grasses available these days. Seattle will be getting real grass in 2026 for the FIFA World Cup. Not sure it'll overlap the NFL season at all though.
@@MrCho14 Not only hybrid grasses, but advanced drainage systems compared to 50+ years ago. I am sure when the Huskies, for example, were playing before Astroturf, the field was a sloppy mess at times.
Been checking out your channel for a few weeks now, the algorithm introduced me. Regarding the topic of this video and specifically retractable roofs, I've always wondered how much climate control costs play into the decision to stay closed. I'm old enough to have attended a few at Texas Stadium in Irving and even with the hole up top, industrial grade hvac units were always running. And I've heard Jerry Jones talk about how expensive it is to maintain the climate inside Cowboys Stadium, especially after closing the roof. Idk how much all that relates to your points in the video but I've always presumed climate control costs for an open roof probably play more on an owner like Jerry's mind while I think he could care less about the sun and shadows or he'd built his amusement park in a direction that didn't allow direct sunlight to stream through the End Zone windows directly from 12p-sundown from September through the playoffs. Those windows and Stadium sun orientation would be a fun one for Cowboys faithful. Keep up the good work and I pray you and your channel are blessed.
Shadows have always been an integral part of the cowboys' "look" on TV, at least since 1971. The moving shadows across the field as the game goes on etc. The deliberate "sun in face" aspect of the 2nd half opening drive in AT&T stadium for instance. The cowboys have ALWAYS used the shadows to their advantage just as the old Boston Celtics used to try and trap opposing players on areas of the Boston Garden parquet floor that only the Celtics knew were "dead spots".
@robertwiles8106 The sun in new stadium effects equally and regularly see the side choice for 1q and 3q opposite the sun windw but it's mostly preference. You are correct about Texas Stadium. It's no secret the sun sideline was the visitors side and was along the same theory as wearing white at home in the belief they were cooler. Always wanted to see them try cotton, haha . But as big as Cowboys stadium is, it's not a huge jump to think in person the perception is different and with long distance cameras the angles are almost impossible to perceive. But I've only been a handful of times and always so high it was hard not to just watch the video boars and perhaps my opinion isn't exactly correct but it's based on experience and observation plus nearly 50 years watching football, mostly Cowboys and the sunlight issues with both stadiums are frustrating and embarrassing. Winning a game by gaming the sun is about as sporting as stealing signs. So the sun issue is troubling for me, especially when I think it's not really that difficult if the architects would up it on the priority list. I do appreciate your thoughts.
@@JG-cv4cl I had always heard that the Cowboys wearing white at home was so they would always look the same and be immediately recognizable on black and white TVs.
The red and blue seats at the America's Center Dome could have also been due to the Cardinals football team. The original plans for the Dome were drawn up around 1987 to keep the Cardinals in St Louis.
I also wonder how this factors in with the St Louis Stallions. That team was supposed to have a purple and gold color scheme like the Vikings. I wonder if they would have stuck with that or changed the team colors to red and blue to match the seats.
It’s the St. Louis battle hawks
I was at state farm stadium 2 months ago. the roof was open, it was also open for last years SB
The Jaguars does not have an attendance problem. They had a college stadium problem. This building was built for the Georgia vs Florida game and the Citrus Bowl. Look at the rankings of attendance for NFL teams. This year they were ELEVENTH in attendance in the League. More than Miami or Tampa. More than San Francisco. It the early 2010's they struggled attendance wise but the team was not performing either. They have removed the "extra" seats used for the college games.
The renovated stadium will be reduced to 63,000 seats, which is in line with the Titans future stadium.
Think you mean the Gator bowl
I think the curtain in Jacksonville in a great idea. Much better than just using ugly black tarps.
Or they could just fill the seats with humans.
5:23, if only Tony Khan could also do that at his AEW shows.
That MN convertible-to-baseball feature may have been a condition of the permits to build the stadium. It would have not a thing to do with whether (no pun) they could fill the joint.
The majority of Cowboys games have been primetime or 4pm games in the last 2 years
I'm still waiting for the Jets and the Giants to be called NEW JERSEY teams.
MetLife Stadium got the 2026 World Cup final
Probably more accurate to say that New York got the WC Final because MetLife was just okay enough for FIFA to accept it.
@@MrCho14MetLife Stadium 🏟️ is physically located in the Borough of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, seven miles west of New York City/Manhattan, NOT NEW YORK. BTW, I'm from New Jersey. LOL. 👌
I have been to US Bank Stadium to watch a couple of games there, and honestly the thing was a joke. I told myself never again will I go watch a game that early into the season again, and I haven't since and that was 6 years ago.
NFL stadium fact depressed ginger uploaded this TH-cam video
If the Patriots had moved to St. Louis, they would have been called the Stallions.
The cowboys, for the most part, play in the 3/4 o'clock window at home.
I can't believe MetLife is hosting the World Cup final in 2026. Atlanta, JerryWorld, SoFi, Azteca all would've been better.
Many Mexican sports people are worried Azteca renovations might not even be ready by 2026. Let’s hope they do though
I can. NYC is the countries biggest city and it main economic hub.
@@chriskay1449 The size of the city nor the economic hub isn't overly important here. It's not like the alternative is Muncie, IN. There are many factors and MetLife is just fine, but there are much nicer stadiums with plenty big economies and populations that could host. Really it comes down to marketing and politics as always.
MetLife, Inc. Stadium 🏟️ is physically located in the Borough of East Rutherford, Bergen County, New Jersey, seven miles west of New York City-Manhattan, NOT NEW YORK.
@@RoadTripTelevision It is still a suburb of NYC and a part of the NYC metro area. IN that context, it is considered to be NYC.
Well the sun doesn’t shine directly over AT&T due to where it’s built. That’s why you see it beaming through the massive windows. Just a FYI
"where it's built"...... you mean in the US? The sun never shines directly overhead in the continental US. One would have to be within 23.5 degrees of the equator for that to happen. The Dallas area is closer to 33 degrees. Just an FYI.
I will do 1 situp for every like this comment gets
I will upload it on my channel
What if this gets negative upvotes?
@@beatlesdork1274i will still do situps
Get to work
100 sit-ups
9:15 You see that airport in the background? It doubled as a racetrack for 26 years, including a one-off night race under the floodlights in 2003: th-cam.com/video/XBUMuju6GXY/w-d-xo.html
Ginger: The cowboys don't generally play home games at 1:00 on Sundays (actually 12 noon since it's central. Not saying it never happens, but between their multiple SNF and MNF appearances, two thursday games (Thanksgiving and the week after), generally America's Team is ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS in the prime time or late game spot. The networks actually fight each other over getting to televise cowboys games because they are such a ratings juggernaut.
The Patriots would've been renamed the St. Louis Stallions
Why do you call the roof on a stand an overhang?
If the Patriots actually moved to St. Louis, then St. Louis would be home to the one and only Tom Brady for two decades, and the team would bring SIX Lombardi Trophies home to the Gateway to the West.
That is crazy to think about. St. Louis, which is (falsely) NOT considered a football city, had a real shot to host the GOAT himself and have said team win half a dozen Super Bowls.
Maybe, maybe not. Robert Kraft wasn't the owner of the team at the time. James Orthwein was. Who knows if he hires BB, who drafted Tom Brady.
@@slevin177 On top of that, Brady only got his chance because Bledsoe was got hurt. Sooooooooo much would have been different to the point that Brady may not have gotten a shot for that team, NE/SL ends up trading him, and some team like the Browns end up with all those rings. Or not.....
It's so funny when people think it's just a lift and shift.
Metlife is an absolute dump
How so? Back in the day I used to go to Giant’s stadium to watch soccer. That stadium was decent except for the turf. I would’ve thought Met Life would’ve been an upgrade.
The location kinda sucks because the Meadowlands smell. But at least there is parking.
Levi's Stadium is so freaking overrated and super lame!
Jerry world and so fi are the most overrated stadiums on planet earth.