Mall versus Stadium
Jul. 13th, 2009 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebRemember how I regularly go walking in a local air-conditioned but not-currently-very-successful mall? Well, some soccer fans are pushing for a stadium in town, and that mall is currently one of the three proposed sites. They are wanting a "natural grass" outdoor stadium that could also be used for outdoor music concerts (see imaginative map).
Outdoor? I'm sweating just thinking about it.
Otherwise, soccer fields sound good to me, but that's just because ultimate frisbee is generally played on soccer fields. Of course really it would just be some monstrosity surrounded by a sea of parking lot. Kind of like a mall. Only it would usually be locked up.
According to the Austin Business Journal's Shopping for an answer, it appears the mall owners just would like it to become a slightly better mall.
Web page of the day - speaking of insurance, I decided to google "hail-proof roof" (I think it was) and found this gem. "No roofing material is fully hail proof. If anyone saw the hail storm that went through Dallas/Ft. Worth in the mid-nineties or the OK City hail storm of April '04, you'd know what I mean. There are hail-RESISTANT roofs. These products have Class 1 through Class 4 hail-resistance ratings, 4 being the highest."
This page is short and sweet and told me just what I wanted to know. "Many roofs carry this rating ... [including] some metal roofs, some tile and some composition shingles."
Score. My next roof is going to have at least a Class 4 hail-resistant rating and I'm going to ask my insurer for a discount. I had my roof re-shingled when I moved in 13 years ago. Because I sprang for 30-year shingles instead of the standard 20-year shingles, my roof is expected to last 23 years (instead of 17; the sun is a harsh mistress). So it will be a while (probably). But it's good to have a plan.
Outdoor? I'm sweating just thinking about it.
Otherwise, soccer fields sound good to me, but that's just because ultimate frisbee is generally played on soccer fields. Of course really it would just be some monstrosity surrounded by a sea of parking lot. Kind of like a mall. Only it would usually be locked up.
According to the Austin Business Journal's Shopping for an answer, it appears the mall owners just would like it to become a slightly better mall.
Web page of the day - speaking of insurance, I decided to google "hail-proof roof" (I think it was) and found this gem. "No roofing material is fully hail proof. If anyone saw the hail storm that went through Dallas/Ft. Worth in the mid-nineties or the OK City hail storm of April '04, you'd know what I mean. There are hail-RESISTANT roofs. These products have Class 1 through Class 4 hail-resistance ratings, 4 being the highest."
This page is short and sweet and told me just what I wanted to know. "Many roofs carry this rating ... [including] some metal roofs, some tile and some composition shingles."
Score. My next roof is going to have at least a Class 4 hail-resistant rating and I'm going to ask my insurer for a discount. I had my roof re-shingled when I moved in 13 years ago. Because I sprang for 30-year shingles instead of the standard 20-year shingles, my roof is expected to last 23 years (instead of 17; the sun is a harsh mistress). So it will be a while (probably). But it's good to have a plan.