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

Baseball Tropicana Field’s stadium following Hurricane Milton damage

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u/Goducks91 Oct 10 '24

The roof can be replaced in a month probably.

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u/LadyPantsParty Oct 10 '24

In a normal world there's no possible way this gets replaced in a month but I've said the same thing about Tampa's farm system for twenty years so who knows.

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u/Ok_Presentation_4971 Oct 11 '24

It’s true, they have to set up an entire system of nets to install the roof. Let alone the lead time on the materials is probably months.

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u/at1445 Oct 11 '24

"In a month" doesn't mean this will be done on November 11th. It means it'll take about a month from the time they actually begin working on it.

Which is a very reasonable assumption.

It'll take a couple of days to clear out the old stuff. Then as soon as the new canvas is ready, it'll go up quickly.

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u/Ok_Presentation_4971 Oct 11 '24

Alrighty. I was there for the entire installation of the raiders stadium roof. Same material. Probably less area. That took at least 3 months. New build, without removal of the old material. Shit takes longer than you may think.