Heard that Princeton may be erecting a winter-only bubble at Princeton stadium (the 30,000 seat football field). It would go up around Dec. 1 after football ends, come down sometime around March 1. It would cover just the field; there'd be no seating for games. Since Princeton has a separate field for lax (Class of '52 Stadium), it could stay up longer than if Cornell ever did this on Schoellkopf. Harvard already does this http://www.gocrimson.com/information/facilities/Harvard_Stadium_Bubble and the Harvard release says it's also for club and intramural sports. This sounds like the kind of escalation all snow belt schools will eventually have to have, much like (is this a fair analogy?) every school with field hockey has to have an Astroturf (by brand) field to recruit because that's the one that makes the ball roll straight, even if it's tougher on feet/knees/scrapes and burns. That Cornell has. (That and a sign that says Keep Out?)
(http://www.gocrimson.com/recreation/facilities/photos/Harvard_Stadium_Bubble_2.jpg?max_width=650)Harvard Bubble (what, you thought you'd get a photo of their endowment fund?)
That certainly helps Harvard's football program immensely and contributes to their long success in that sport.
The Crimson Dome is listed as available to football, all other field sports, and to intramurals. Making the good facilities available to intramural and maybe even pickup sport athletes makes the mainstream student body feel better about money spent on sports facilities.
Quote from: billhowardThe Crimson Dome is listed as available to football, all other field sports, and to intramurals. Making the good facilities available to intramural and maybe even pickup sport athletes makes the mainstream student body feel better about money spent on sports facilities.
No question the student body as well as many other sports would benefit. Having an indoor practice facility that could be used by the football team as well as other sports was something that Kent Austin mentioned as on his wish list. I hope Cornell can find the resources to add one as well.