quote:Wow, There is a hidden battleship in the upper deck, that is amazing! Forget mirror out, we will blast them out!quote:Yeah they didn't help much at the Missouri game last season. Water was coming off in sheets on the 3rd deck of the student section. Looking up from the second deck, it looked pretty bad. Maybe that system wasn't fully installed on that canopy yet. If it was and the water still came off like that, I hope they figured out a better solution, because the people on the West side will not enjoy getting wet like that I'm sure.quote:As SA-AG72 mentioned, there are drains built into the canopy roofs that should keep most of the rain from pouring down on to the crowd below. The downspouts connect back through the cluster columns that support the canopies and then run under the concourses.
What is the design for rain runoff of those awnings in the middle of the west side? This is not a knock, and I'm fully aware that professional engineers and architects have it all figured out. I'm just wondering how it works. Are there hidden gutter-type things or what? Is there no need for that sort of thing? Just curious.
But if you look at this Google Earth photo (which matches other photos I have seen of the drainage), the drain line looks to be offset from the edge, which would allow some water to fall from the front of the canopy... I am sure the position of the drain line had something to do with the field lights being housed within the leading edge of the canopy.