This Is Why You Don’t Go Cheap On A Stadium

[slick1ru2]

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/classified/realestate/os-ucf-stadium-rust-20171010-story.html

 

Make sure you visit the article for the entire content, plus the photos are alarming.

UCF stadium has failing areas, report shows; some fixed, school says

Mary Shanklin

The decade-old University of Central Florida football stadium is rusted and corroded, with some “immediate life safety concerns,” according to an engineering report that says repairs could cost $14 million.

University officials say they have fixed the worst problems and are weighing long-term plans.

According to the report, which was contracted by the university and completed in August, Spectrum Stadium’s rust problems have affected the structural integrity of the 45,000-seat venue at the university’s main campus in east Orange County, Corrosion affects more than 80,000 square feet of the stadium, it said — four stairways had heavily rusted supports and a potential for “significant section loss” at the time, the TLC Engineering report found. Areas of the stadium’s fireproofing were cracked, corroded and graded “failing.”..

 

Edited November 12, 2017 by slick1ru2

[Bausfkid]

Check out the improvements to the University of Delaware's stadium.  $60M for improvements is no joke.