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No. There are handicapped seating areas on all levels of this stadium. Not just at the top and end zones like Legion Field. At Protective, you will be able to enter the north end, which enters at the concourse level and get to multiple seating possibilities without ever negotiating a single stair step or the ramp system at the south end.

(02-24-2021 12:42 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(02-23-2021 09:34 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(02-23-2021 09:00 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  I hope the ramps and stairs will be kept to a minimal few and more use is made of escalators and elevators as befits a modern stadium. There are old people like me with limited mobility as well as disabled veterans / wounded warriors, people who have suffered strokes and heart problems and probably some others who can't climb long stairways like we had to at Legion Field (without hand rails).

Doubt escalators or elevators(unless you're in the boxed/suite area). Maybe they'll let the normal fan use the elevators to get to their 2nd or 3rd level seat on the upper home side(but I doubt that, too). Easiest way in looks to be the Northwest corner gate.

in other words, the Proteective Stadium is just a new smaller version of the 1900s style stadium we are leaving.

Correct. But it isn't going to be a problem, because those with disabilities aren't going to be allowed inside. They'll just have to read about the game in the Birmingham News Sunday edition.

Glad hand rails are all over the new stadium. That was the biggest complain I had at Lesion. Thrilled about how the stadium is coming together.

(02-24-2021 04:31 PM)blzrclub80 Wrote:  Glad hand rails are all over the new stadium. That was the biggest complain I had at Lesion. Thrilled about how the stadium is coming together.

Great for fans!

(02-24-2021 06:54 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  

(02-24-2021 04:31 PM)blzrclub80 Wrote:  Glad hand rails are all over the new stadium. That was the biggest complain I had at Lesion. Thrilled about how the stadium is coming together.

Great for fans!

But don't forget the increasing number of disabled veterans / wounded warriors who may want to attend local events. B'ham has two large VA hospital facilities on the Southside.

Dragons must have fire. I'm hoping for some serious pyro when we enter the field and endzone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILR4_o_qVGc

(02-25-2021 08:37 PM)Plaid Blazer Wrote:  Dragons must have fire. I'm hoping for some serious pyro when we enter the field and endzone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILR4_o_qVGc

(02-25-2021 09:20 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  

(02-25-2021 08:37 PM)Plaid Blazer Wrote:  Dragons must have fire. I'm hoping for some serious pyro when we enter the field and endzone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILR4_o_qVGc

Perfect clip usage.

https://imgur.com/gallery/dQ30cF2

(02-26-2021 08:14 PM)C-Finder Wrote:  https://imgur.com/gallery/dQ30cF2

thanks for the new pics

AND LET THERE BE LIGHT!

https://twitter.com/ProtectiveStdm/statu...63460?s=20

Another set of pics
https://imgur.com/gallery/OJztOhD

This is a pretty good photo from the north side of the stadium

https://twitter.com/ProtectiveStdm/statu...76/photo/1

Looking good.

At the same time I'm wondering which side will be the Heat Stroke side?

(03-19-2021 03:59 PM)CyberBlazer Wrote:  Looking good.

At the same time I'm wondering which side will be the Heat Stroke side?

east

On the sun report when it was announced, unless it’s an 11am kick, the pretty much the whole thing will be in full sun.

(03-19-2021 02:39 PM)Ramblin Wreck Wrote:  This is a pretty good photo from the north side of the stadium

https://twitter.com/ProtectiveStdm/statu...76/photo/1

One of the comments:

Looks good but man that area needs bars or Top Golf or something to keep people around. Doesn't look very traffic friendly.

— Hous_Ya_Daddy (@Hous_Ya_Daddy) March 20, 2021

Already covered

(02-24-2021 12:42 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  in other words, the Proteective Stadium is just a new smaller version of the 1900s style stadium we are leaving.

Nope. Where Legion Field has all the rest rooms and concessions under the the seating, Protective will be an open concourse like Regions Field. When you're in line for a hot dog, you'll still be able to see the field, and probably a TV monitor as well. It has wide open sightlines all over the place.

Is it too late to add a scoreboard on the other side of the stadium or one is enough?

(02-24-2021 12:42 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  

(02-23-2021 09:34 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(02-23-2021 09:00 PM)BAMANBLAZERFAN Wrote:  I hope the ramps and stairs will be kept to a minimal few and more use is made of escalators and elevators as befits a modern stadium. There are old people like me with limited mobility as well as disabled veterans / wounded warriors, people who have suffered strokes and heart problems and probably some others who can't climb long stairways like we had to at Legion Field (without hand rails).

Doubt escalators or elevators(unless you're in the boxed/suite area). Maybe they'll let the normal fan use the elevators to get to their 2nd or 3rd level seat on the upper home side(but I doubt that, too). Easiest way in looks to be the Northwest corner gate.

in other words, the Proteective Stadium is just a new smaller version of the 1900s style stadium we are leaving.

Nope.