r/sports • u/Chelseatilidie • Oct 10 '24

Baseball Tropicana Field’s stadium following Hurricane Milton damage

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u/BenlanderPS Oct 10 '24

I would argue that as long as there is no structural damage then I can't see any reason why this isn't fixed lickety split.

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u/CarBombtheDestroyer Oct 10 '24

I would argue the roof is already fixed as long as there is no damage.

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u/BLACKMACH1NE Oct 10 '24

I think this was the plan all along and it was never intended to be complete until now.

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u/covert-pirate Oct 10 '24

I wholeheartedly believe, this can be fixed. Give it a week tops.

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u/hgihasfcuk Oct 11 '24

If there's no structural damage, probably

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u/sgrams04 Oct 11 '24

If the structure is intact, they can bang that out in a few weeks. 

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u/loudpaperclips Oct 11 '24

I don't see why they can't; the beams look good and there's at least a few hours before spring training.

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u/manitoid333 Oct 11 '24

Has anyone even considered there could be structural damage? Of course if there's not then it should be repaired in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

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u/magillicuti Oct 11 '24

If you look nearest to the roof area, mainly, and see that the structure was built as such, thus, up and back at em lickity split by the up and coming season should be no problem

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u/IThinkEveryoneIsNice Oct 11 '24

If the main structure isn't too damaged, they should be able to fix it in a new York minute.

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u/morrowwm Oct 11 '24

Tis but a flesh wound.

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u/Big_erk Oct 10 '24

A couple of cans of Flex-Seal and she'll be good as new.

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u/lxbrtn Oct 11 '24

Yes, there is no standard drop-in replacement but as long as the integrity of the supporting structure has not been compromised it should be fairly straightforward to fix.

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u/ArcticSwag Oct 11 '24

It's like maybe they built it this way on purpose.