Carrier Dome roof likely will come down next week - syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Carrier Dome roof will likely be deflated early next week, school officials said Friday.

The exact date will depend on the weather.

The dome’s bleachers and turf have been removed, and suites have been covered to protect against the weather for when the roof is disassembled.

Carrier Dome director Pete Sala said the construction project is on schedule but added the timeline is tight. The first event planned to be played under the new fixed roof structure is a Syracuse football game against Colgate on Sept. 19.

“This roof is funny,” Sala said Friday evening during a media briefing at the dome. “It doesn’t ever want to come down. This building is designed so the roof doesn’t come down."

The deflation process takes about 45 minutes to an hour, said Sala, who will manually control air flow to bring the roof down.

Sala said the roof will be inverted when it’s brought down. Concrete weights will be brought inside to hold the roof from flopping. The roof doesn’t get any closer than about 30 feet to the floor when it’s collapsed, Sala said.

“It’ll be exactly as you see it, just the opposite way,” Sala said.

“Once the roof comes down, a contractor will remove the roof from the frame,” Sala said. “Right now it’s clamped into a framing system. They’ll cut it and take it off. It will come down when they do that.”

Sala said the Teflon-coated fiberglass structure will be removed within eight hours.

Seating areas have been water-proofed, and plywood has been laid out in the seating areas to prevent damage when the cables come down. Drains were installed in the third level after some water trouble when pressure-washing, Sala said.

“We know the floor is going to get wet,” Sala said. “We know the seating bowl will see weather, but we’ve taken everything else out of the building.”

Part of the roof will remain on the ground to protect the existing floor during the project, Sala said. Other pieces will be kept in storage before being shipped out for reuse.

Sala said the school is working with Steiner Sports to make portions of the roof available to purchase as memorabilia. Syracuse University seniors will also get a piece of the roof as a graduation gift.

The air-supported roof has been on the building since 1999, when it replaced the initial roof that went up when the building opened in 1980.

Sala said his crew was delayed Friday because of wind and would likely work Sunday to make up the day.

There is concern over how the coronavirus pandemic could impact the timeline of the project, relative to workforce and materials being manufactured on time.

“This is a big work force,” Sala said. "There’about 150-200 at the peak of this construction. We’ve had 120 people here a day. We’ll be working 24 hours a day. We’re got two shifts, 6 to 6. That’s our day here every day.

"So we’re very concerned about it. It’s something we talk about every morning.

“We’re working with our contractors as to what they’re seeing in other areas of the state, what they’re seeing in other areas of the country.”

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