Cowboys Pratice Facility Collapses

[CardsFan88]

very sad.

Loyalty, is that the same company that built the ASU one too? and why are these bubbles still being built in areas with this kind of weather, or at all? I dont understand.

Again I'll state what should be obvious at this point.

We have the best weather in the U.S. pretty much. Dallas, aside from the occasional tornado, should have above average (in terms of good) weather. It's not buffalo lol.

If these things fail here, and in dallas (note the article saying it was the only structure in the area damaged), there isn't a place where you CAN put them.

Maybe someone could push away the ASU one, saying freak accident, but now, you can't.

Anywhere on the planet will probably get 65 mph winds, and the Dallas collapse pretty much means at 65 mph, these things will fail.

These things should be taken down, or at least the area evacuated when winds top 40 mph.

 

[Ryanwb]

There are two sides to this coin. First off, was the building sound from a construction stand point? Second, was an area known for such unpredictible weather a wise choice for this type of structure?

Many of the other teams such as the Giants use a steel frame building for practice because of weather concerns

 

[Buckybird]

the weather here in N Texas is really unpredictable from April until June. Heavy rain, winds, tornados and heavy lightning always scare the piss out of me during this time of the year. I hate the Cowboys but yesterday was tragic.

 

[WildBB]

Sorry to hear a coach was injured badly by this. Our sympathy goes out.

Sheez , it was like a tornado blasted through.

 

[Yotesfan85044]

The ASU bubble practice facility was built by Yeadon Domes, not the same company that built the Cowboys bubble. Yeadon's website has a brochure for their football bubble domes, http://www.yeadondomes.com/pdfs/Football Brochure.pdf
Quite a few other college and pro teams use these; Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Texas Longhorns, Boston College and Washington State.

Yeadon's bubble domes don't have all the metal supports and hanging lighting fixtures that the Cowboys facility had, at least from what I saw in the videos of the collapse yesterday, so I suspect Yeadon's domes would be more safe to be inside in the event a windstorm blows the bubble roof off while there are people inside.

 

[Arizona's Finest]

That area is one of the worst for tornados so comparing Arizona and Dallas weather is like apple and oranges. Monsoons ain't got nothing on a Tornado. Being that the ASU one collapsed as well though they should probably just be done away with completely.

Very sad to hear about the scout and the coach. Prayers go out.

 

[CardsFan88]

There are two sides to this coin. First off, was the building sound from a construction stand point? Second, was an area known for such unpredictible weather a wise choice for this type of structure?

Many of the other teams such as the Giants use a steel frame building for practice because of weather concerns

The construction might be bad, however having two of them (that I know of) to have been destroyed points to a higher likelihood that it's the product itself, on a wider scale, not a particular construction crew, or a particular way this company manufactured the domes. With two down, it's apparent to me that it's the whole concept of a wind sail type material over a weak metal shell simply cannot cut it.

The other is that in the article they said it was 65 mph wind. That can happen anywhere. Again they said, no other structure in the area was damaged by the weather.

If you look around where the ASU dome is, nothing around there was damaged either.

Thus if the product concept is shotty
And ANYWHERE on the earth can have 65 mph winds

Then these things should NEVER be put up, because there is NO safe place for them.

Maybe it was exacerbated by shotty construction crew. But what does that mean? It fails at 70 mph versus 67? The issue isn't the 3 mph, it's the fact any building even here in Phx, should be able to hold up under category 1 or 2 hurricane force winds. Even if built perfectly by a construction crew, the main problem was the inadequate design concept by the engineers.