The Official PayPal Park thread

With the rains last night, I was thinking why didn't they cover this part of the roof when they built it?

Is there a reason on why they never finished it?

 

This has been discussed in the past.

I belive the official reason given by the Quakes was that A) the (translucent) roofing would block too much of the sun and they were afraid they would have the situation they have at Red Bull Arena where grow lights are needed, even though San Jose gets roughly 25% more sun then that part of the country, and B) the roofing would be too hard to keep clean.
These two reasons then gave them the excuse to spend less money on the stadium, which is probably what really drove their decision to not complete it.

 

Because we're a cheap a$$ organization! Nice read from 2 days ago from Salt Lake Tribune about "major remodel" of Rio Tinto Stadium over next 5 years, basically to bring it up to par with newer SSS'S that have come online recently.

Think we'll ever read such articles out of Merc regarding Earthquakes stadium?...

 

Wouldn't a transparent plexiglass rooftop cover those few spots and isn't it cheaper to install?

There aren't that many on each side...

 

Crosspost:

 

Yes - because aesthetically a completed roof would clash with the tinkertoy, un-skinned exterior. It looks so much better as a half-completed pile of girders, doesn't it?

 

Tinkertoy! . Exterior kind of reminds me of an old school erector set.

 

County banning any public events with over 1000 in attendance for the next 3 weeks.

 

We're not likely to get that many people for the SKC game on March 21, anyway, so may as well go ahead and play it.

 

Just got texted by a friend (and former STH) telling me that county won't affect game, only the city can make that call so who knows? Sjsu canceled classes the rest of the week and will be online until spring break in 2 weeks.

 

My thoughts exactly but I think I didn't want to be too mean rn

 

San Jose mayor says he fully supports the ban. So even if the city gets to decide I’m not sure it will matter.

 

Public health regulations are under county jurisdiction in California.

 

So when does the lottery happen for the less than a thousand...900 perhaps, who want to go to the KC game....count me in.

 

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They’ll just play it behind closed doors.

 

One possible lower-impact solution, if it's only one game affected, would be to swap home dates with SKC. Play this one in KC, and then host them on August 15. This kind of solution breaks down, though, if it's a longer-term crisis than this 3-week ban.

 

Since this thing is likely to get worse before it gets better I’d say 3 weeks is optimistic.

 

Earthquakes Statement on Recent County of Santa Clara Public Health Department Mandate. pic.twitter.com/BG7yh4AthS

— San Jose Earthquakes (@SJEarthquakes) March 10, 2020

 

NPR (Tom Goldman reporting) ran a story on the radio this morning about pro sports teams possibly having to cancel games or play them behind closed doors. The Santa Clara County edict was mentioned, along with the San Jose Sharks, but of course no mention of the Quakes, though NPR did allude to MLS (along with other leagues) barring reporters from locker rooms. (Similarly, an earlier Athletic story on the same subject, prior to the County edict, omits MLS altogether).

The irony of this deep-seated unconscious bias is that NPR also featured this morning a story of how effaced Arab-Americans feel that the Census boxes don't reflect their existence. Are they Asian? White, despite dark skin? The horror of incomplete information, even though some Arab-Americans might be afraid to self-identify due to societal prejudice. (NPR, the same radio network that a year ago told us how horrible it would be to collect citizenship information on the same census because non-citizens might be afraid to self-identify).

NPR's shoddy reporting effaces us as Quakes fans. Santa Clara County has two major pro sports teams. If NPR cannot be bothered to mention both when both are part of the story, what else are they not telling us because of their tainted world view?

 

The Athletic story that also effaces the Quakes, along with all of MLS.

. .. now that Santa Clara County banned the Sharks (and all other entities) from hosting gatherings attended by more than a 1,000 people for the rest of March . . .

https://theathletic.com/1666351/202...-the-nba-nhl-and-mlb-seasons-in-the-bay-area/

 

If someone dies from having attended the Quakes game last weekend against Minnesota, will mainstream media report it? And if so, how? "Another death near San Francisco from attending a large sports gathering."

 

The Quakes are mentioned in the USA Today and New York Daily News stories, but not in the San Francisco Chronicle or the Los Angeles Times. Why would that be?

 

Because of the giant conspiracy you've just uncovered...