In reaction to incoming Browns team owner Jimmy Haslam’s recent intimations that he might consider building a dome over the lakefront stadium, a Cleveland architecture and engineering firm Ralph Tyler Companies has dreamed up a way to possibly make it happen, Leila Atassi of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The idea: A free-standing, glazed geodesic dome — 1,100 feet wide and 380 feet high — could straddle the stadium, shielding it from the elements, the company’s director of architecture, Geoffrey Varga, said in an interview Friday. The dome, which Varga estimates could cost anywhere from $150 to $200 million, could open a world of possibilities for the facility’s off-season use and likely break a few world records while at it, he said. “It would be like putting a giant umbrella over the entire stadium,†Varga said. “It’s just a fun idea we’ve been playing with. But it’s one we thought could really work. And the greatest economic benefit is that you could use the stadium more than eight times a year.†Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
