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That has to be Buffalo.
Yep believe it is, some playoff game a few years ago.
Went to MetLife a few years ago to watch Falcons / Jets.
Absolutely pissed down from morning till night, got absolutely draked, not an enjoyable experience unfortunately.
The Yanks were still tailgating before the game and gave us food and beers before we went in.
Falcons home ground is unreal and it has a roof on 👍🏻
Fortunately it was dry when we went, just cold. Some of the new grounds are something else and as you say the Falcons one is one of those. It has some fancy roof that can be opened and closed like an iris :-
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The old Metrodome roof (Minnesota) collapsed in the snow one time. They used a semi-inflatable roof, and it just gave way during a snowstorm.

 
Went to Met Life to see the Patriots play the Jets at the end of November a few years ago and was on the back row where there is an opening between the top of the stands and the roof that covers the stand. It was bloody freezing with the wind coming in!!
I went there at the end of October 2018. I was pretty high up behind an end zone and it was cold then that high up, despite the weather being pretty mild.
 
Why do most of the stadiums not have a roof? Must be an absolute bugger for the ones located in cold northern areas in the middle of Winter.
Building a roof over a 65,000 stadium basically doubles the cost, and they’re already grifting off taxpayers for most of it.

Plus, traditionally American football is a cold-weather, cold-region sport. Playing in snow is seen as the most authentic version.
Yep believe it is, some playoff game a few years ago.

Fortunately it was dry when we went, just cold. Some of the new grounds are something else and as you say the Falcons one is one of those. It has some fancy roof that can be opened and closed like an iris :-
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And yet they almost never open it even this time of year despite the weather being well above freezing there (I live close to Atlanta and have been to December games with the roof closed when I wore short sleeves outside).
Is this a whoosh?
It’s not that bad in American terms. It’s better weather than anywhere in the Midwest, for example.
 
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