Carrier Dome

The Carrier Dome (called The Loud House ) is a covered stage located on the campus of Syracuse University in the district of University Hill at Syracuse, in the state of New York. It is used mainly for the matches of American football and Basket-ball then also for the concerts.

It is the greatest stage with dome of the North-East of the country and NCAA then also more the big room of university Basket-ball of the country in front of the Thompson-Boling Arena (24 535 places) of Knoxville. The stage shelters the teams of American football, Basket-ball, and Lacrosse of the Syracuse University, the Syracuse University Orange. Its capacity is approximately 50.000 places (49 262 seats) in configuration American football, 33.000 places in configuration Basket-ball and 39.000 for the concerts.

History

Towards the end of the year 1970, the university of Syracuse was under pressure to improve its sports equipment in order to remain a school of the American football of Division I-A. Its small stage old seventy years, the Archbold Stadium, too decayed was compared with those of the other universities. The stage could not be increased; its capacity had been reduced of 40,000 seats to 26,000 due to the standards on the fires. Consequently Syracuse University decided to build a new stage, which suitably with the cold climate of the city, would be covered with Teflon and a inflatable glass fiber roof. It would also be used as residence with the male team of Basket-ball, like replacement of the Manley Field House (9 536 places). The Carrier Dome was built between April 1979 and September 1980. The total costs of construction were of $26,85 million USD, including the $2,75 million offered by the Carrier Corporation. Hueber, Hunt and Nichols, Inc. was the general contractor.

The state of New York provided a help of $15 million USD in 1978 for the construction of the dome. The Governor Hugh Carey visited the site of the old man Archbold Stadium.

The dome was improved several times throughout the 25 last years. Most recently the university installed a video display system LED with 2 display boards (15 ' x25') which are located on the end is and corners of the North-West of the 3rd level, with 58 TV colors for the lower lines of 2nd and 1e levels. The inflatable roof was also replaced in 1999 at a cost of $14 million.

The Carrier Dome was the site of a tragic accident. In June 1999, the workman Bryan Bowman is deceased when it fell from the roof on the steps 18 meters in lower part. He had worked with a team of the Birdair company, incorporated to replace the roof. The month following an electrician made a fall of 15 meters whereas it installed cables for the new system of loudspeaker. He survived with wounds his leg, the arms and the back.

The FieldTurf ground was installed at the beginning of the season 2005 of football, replacing out-of-date AstroTurf. Moreover, the stage was repaints and of the banners oranges were added on the platforms between each stages, its corridors were furnished with historical photographs.

More than 23,5 million people entered the stage since its opening and approximately 1.740 events took place there.

The March 5th 2006, 33.633 spectators assist has a match of Basket-ball opposing the Syracuse University Orange to the Villanova Wildcats, it is a record for the Carrier Dome and NCAA. The preceding record was of 33.199 spectators (2005).

Roof

The current roof weighs 220 tons and is made of covered Glass fiber Téflon. Since 1999, when snow falls on the Carrier Dome, the new roof is equipped with a system of heating to dissolve the ice and to prevent it from crumbling.

In March 1993, the dome was deflated because several meters of snow fell into the area from Syracuse.

Events

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