I sent this to the Post Dispatch and it was published today. I am surprised the arbitrators had so much trouble finding good reasons the dome was not upper tier, finally deciding that any stadium newer then the dome, even if it is open air, must be higher tier. They seemed to be only concerned about the high rollers in suites, which are always indoors even in an open air stadium, or the club seats. What about us regular fans in the seats? If a stadium can't control the temperature, wind, rain, snow, light, or sound, I am sorry, it is not top tier to me. EJD is the 6th newest dome.
If you switch the physical structures, but not the teams or fans or histories, of the EJD and Lambeau Field, I think the stadium rankers would love the Green Bay EJD, and hate the St Louis Lambeau. They would say they love the indoor atmosphere and close seats of the GB dome, and hate the old cold SL open stadium. I predict that if we build a new open air stadium, it will be declared obsolete in less than 15 years.
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