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They built a HUGE NFL FOOTBALL Stadium in MINNEAPOLIS and they can't keep good air IN IT? Circulating THRU IT? And, please, when it comes to a Health Issue...let's not talk about "costs".
And I don't care about "The Weather"!
They built it in Minneapolis, Minnesota!
I've been in HOCKEY Arenas in Canada where they manage this issue just fine...in WINTER during the AX & SX portions of their series over the years.
LOL
Doesn't the roof open?
Isn't there a system for air circulation AND replacement?
I sure as hell don't care to hear about the expense of 'heating" the air.
They have to have the ability to handle this...but, they didn't.
Again, it's MINNEAPOLIS.
And it's February!
They've got The Skyway BECAUSE IT"S SO DAMN COLD THERE!
"The Minneapolis skyway system connects corporate offices, bars, restaurants, bakeries, hotels, government services, retail, gyms, grocery stores, liquor stores, banks, doctors, dentists, masseurs, pharmacies, hair and nail salons, dry cleaners, live theaters, three pro sports facilities, a church, art exhibits, and... well, you get the idea.""
Pit Row
For people being treated at hospital, i would expect a class action lawsuit
Could totally impact the stands near the tunnels, which sucks for spectators.
Some of my observations:
Saw starling’s IG post and Malcolm and Joseph Allen (host on the mic) both mentioned not feeling great, Joseph mentioned his eyes bloodshot during the event.
The last sx I attended was 2019 Mlps (& the year before that when we had a massive snow storm) and don’t remember hardly smelling any race gas except maybe a slight bit during the first lap of a race when all the bikes went by at once.
We walked in through the skyway system (first time doing that as opposed to walking outside) and could smell something in the air as we got closer to the stadium. Had the slight smell of the 4 stroke race gas.
Could definitely smell it in the stadium & we didn’t get there until about 315pm and it had been over an hour since bikes were on the track IIRC. After being there a while and “acclimated to it”, the strong smell race fuel smell was intermittent during the races. I remember a burning smell during the 450 heats & LCQs as well, not quite like a burned out clutch tho. It was a weird burning stench, possibly a different kind of fuel?
I noticed it was also quite a bit warmer in the stadium than years prior. No one in my group or I had any adverse symptoms while we were there. I have a slight sore throat, but probably from having to yell to converse with the people next to me during the races. We sat in the lower level near the long rhythm lane (Vikings bench side). This was the first fully indoor SX this year, could also happen in Dallas too.
All the while, in the next section next to us a mom had their newborn (wearing ear muffs) that had to be between 3-6 months old. I love this sport but no way I’d bring a new born into an indoor event with those kind of fumes even with ventilation systems.
There are a lot of people that were sick.
Someone mentioned not feeling any ventilation until about 330pm. Not one to draw conclusions quickly but obviously the crowd was small, stadium wanted to save money on energy costs by waiting to vent the building out properly?
Carbon monoxide doesn't have an odor, and it's toxicity comes from essentially suffocation, in that carbon monoxide binds more tightly than oxygen to the iron in blood, starving the body of oxygen giving life. That's why they make CO sensors since it's a silent killer. Usually CO poisoning happens in homes from fuel heaters not working and giving incomplete combustion. It can happen in engines but given the symptoms it sounds more like fuel vapor.
Years ago, natural gas was contaminated with CO and that's why people stuck their head in the oven to kill themselves.
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