Closing a retractable roof takes much more than the push of a button, writes SportTechie's Joe Lemire.
For the comfort of the fans in the seats and the competitive integrity for the athletes, the temperature and humidity inside the closed-roof venue needs to match the outside environment, an onerous undertaking for an HVAC system.
That process is complicated enough -- especially when needing to avoid unexpected consequences such as condensation dripping from the roof onto the playing surface -- but the overall expenditure can rise dramatically in a venue’s given jurisdiction. Click here for the full piece from Lemire in this week's print issue.
Meanwhile, State Farm Arena in Atlanta has received TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Platinum certification from Green Business Certification Inc. The home to the Hawks and WNBA Dream is the world’s first sports and entertainment venue to receive that level of certification.
Read more in today's issue of Closing Bell.
