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Originally Posted by dlavery
The black tarp is installed in the Georgia Dome every spring. It stays up throughout the summer, and is usually removed just before the start of football season. The primary reason for the tarp is to keep sunlight filtering through the translucent fabric of the roof from completely overwhelming the air conditioning system and heating the Dome to the point of being uninhabitable. The tarp is usually installed a few weeks after the FIRST Championship, but it may be installed earlier if other Dome clients request it. This year the Arbonne Cosmetics show, which preceded the FIRST Championship in the Dome, paid a hefty sum (you don't want to know how much) to have the tarp installed early to create the right "lighting mood" for their show....-dave.
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Thanks very much Dave for giving us the facts, a picture and ending our speculation. Some years I am in the GA Dome 10 times (we have a so called pro football team here) but I had never heard about the reason for the tarp.
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Originally Posted by sanddrag
I didn't really think the ban on bottled water entering the dome was proper. Affordable access to water is (or at least should be) a basic human right. Bottled water should not be monopolized at this type of event. It shouldn't take someone being poor, not being able to afford the dome's water, being denied their own, and passing out on the floor for dehydration to make someone realize that people need water without restriction. Let us take it in. We aren't going to buy your $3 bottle of water even if you don't let us bring in our own. It's just absurd. It doesn't do anyone any good.
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On Friday, I entered the Dome and right behind me were two ladies holding 1 bottle each of water. The attendant at the door suggested that they simply go back out, put the water in their handbags and reenter the gate which they did with no problem, so obviously there are exceptions to the rule.
Dave