JMO, but I think it's crazy that Buffalo doesn't have a covered stadium.

[Sogo]

They're not really able to play; just slip and slide around....

[Silent Type]

1. Love games in snow and foul weather. Retractable would be a compromise, but still . . . .

Like sun, shadows, clouds, parashooters too.

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[BOSSHOG]

3. Interesting

In Buffalo a retractable would be open during the snow.

[Morbius]

2. It would be crazy to put one there.

Lake effect snow is very moist and therefore very heavy. Buffalo regularly sees a 20" snowfall at some point in the winter. The area covered by a dome is huge; the field itself is 1.32 acres, and with the space on the sidelines and outside the end zones, you're talking about a huge area. If you built a dome there, it would collapse. That much snow weighs thousands of tons.

Folks who live in Buffalo are used to the snow. They can handle it.

[Cheezoholic]

7. Folks from SF naht seeewww moch! lol n/t

[Brother Buzz]

4. Buffalo appears to know how to perform in a snow game

My wussies from California, not so much.

Oh, it ain’t a snow game until I see a snow angel

On edit: It’s officially a snow game! Woohoo!

[Historic NY]

5. Das Bunker......

I've been to lots of games in the snow, you wear a snowmobile suit and get lower seats. They get too much lake effect snow a roof would collapse like many others do up there.

[CanonRay]

6. I think its great.

I hate domes

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Buffalo got 30 inches of snow.

Wouldn't the weight collapse the dome?

[ProfessorGAC]

11. More Than Likely

For one thing, they can't put vertical supports near the middle if the dome. The bases would be on the middle of the field.
They could probably do trussing, but that would cost much more & would probably affect sight lines.
A third option is a twin dome and the ability to blow very hot air in the gap to melt the snow before weight got excessive. Seems like that would be really expensive, too.

[LisaM]

9. I love a snow bowl.

What I don't like see games played in 90 degree or more heat. As bad as it is for fans, it's worse on the field.

[milestogo]

10. Neither does Green Bay.

Covered stadiums are for wimps.