Indian Stadium Renovation
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modmouse78
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Sounds good. Have you heard any about how much is remaining and how long it will take to finish. Just wondering.
FACT OR FICTION??? WHO KNOWS???
I spoke to my sister-in-law Christmas Eve at our family get together. She works for the school district and told me that they are going to have to do some more budget cuts on the stadium. She said that the elevator is not going to be installed. That is something that they are cutting. I told her that the elevator shaft had already been built and she said that they were going to install stairs in the elevator shaft area. Something like a fire escape, but the stairs would be in place of the elevator. I guess time will tell if this is true or not.
I spoke to my sister-in-law Christmas Eve at our family get together. She works for the school district and told me that they are going to have to do some more budget cuts on the stadium. She said that the elevator is not going to be installed. That is something that they are cutting. I told her that the elevator shaft had already been built and she said that they were going to install stairs in the elevator shaft area. Something like a fire escape, but the stairs would be in place of the elevator. I guess time will tell if this is true or not.
Well, since the only people that would benefit from the elevator would be those that are in the pressbox, it's no big loss.
IndianFan
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I thought the elevator was mandatory to meet the ADA Standards for Accessible Design. Sec.36.401 does provided for exemptions. http://www.ada.gov/reg3a.html#Anchor-83522
If it is true maybe they should reconsider.
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/493178.html
If it is true maybe they should reconsider.
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/493178.html
If it is mandatory, than how many handicap people are in the press box? How many handicap people where going to be able to use the elevator? Do not take me wrong. I am not trying to argue with you. I am putting questions on the table, so to speak. I myself have a handicap. I sometimes have to walk with a cane due to an injury. When my sister purchased our season tickets this last past year, she though it would be nice to be up high away from all the traffic. So she got our tickets second row from the top, and forgot about my walking/climbing problem until after the fact. I was only able to make it to the top for the first game at home. After that we sat in general admission because of me and my knee. This next year she is going to have to go to trade days to exchange our tickets to lower seats. If I knew I could use the "elevator" (because of my handicap) than I would keep our seats, ride the elevator to the top, than walk two rows down to our seats. That would be great, but we were told the elevator was for the "press box only use". If that is true, than that does not sound to ADA Standards for Accessible Design to me.IndianFan said:
IndianFan
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Removing the lower level of the press box to reduce costs made it more of an issue to use the elevator to reach general seating. With the original 3 level design, the bottom level had easy elevator access to the general seating and probably some handicapped seating. With only 2 levels it would be necessary to walk through the press box to the side doors in order to reach the stadium seating. I doubt they want a lot of extra traffic doing that. Not to mention the security risk.
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