A roof collapsed at a Canadian sports stadium yesterday . . . and it wasn’t the Big Owe:
The inflatable fabric roof of Vancouver’s downtown sports stadium, scheduled to host the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics, collapsed on Friday.
There were no injuries, and officials at BC Place Stadium said the incident — which one witness likened to watching a soufflé implode — would not hamper its availability for the Olympics as the roof could be repaired quickly.
The cause of the accident at the stadium, which was opened in 1983 and has a seating capacity of 60,000, was not immediately known.
What is it with these stadiums that can’t keep their roofs intact, anyway?
Sari? I know you’ve been otherwise occupied but I’m pretty sure Vancouver/B.C’s weather woes got a mention in the Eastern media(?)
The roof tore during a punishing gale – the 12th winter storm this season…another one due tomorrow.
The roof’s been in place for 24 years without incident and it’s predicted lifespan is, you guessed it, 25 years.
The storm damage for this season is the worst in my memory, excluding Typhoon Freida in 1962.
http://www.city.vancouver.bc.ca/parks/info/features/2004/041012_hurricane.htm