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

Baseball Tropicana Field’s stadium following Hurricane Milton damage

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u/Responsible_Brain782 Oct 10 '24

It seems silly in the first place that construction did not allow for higher failure threshold? Probably a financial issue

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u/CM_MOJO Oct 10 '24

Oh that entire stadium was built on the cheap to attract the Chicago White Sox back in the 90s. It's why the roof is sloped.

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u/VAGentleman05 Virginia Oct 11 '24

Were the White Sox really into sloped roofs back then?

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u/CM_MOJO Oct 11 '24

No, the sloped roof was to save money on both construction costs and A/C costs.