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This is pretty self-explanatory. For sports that are played during cold weather (or in cold arenas), such as american football, ice hockey, umm... post-season baseball, whatever--hook up the seats or bleachers to some electricity so they'd be gently warmed. I'm sure it could be done. The only problems
I foresee are 1) it could be expensive, but with the amount of money these pro sports teams pull in, I'm sure they could make it happen; and 2) possible electrocution in the event of rain/snow. As far as solving that second problem goes, I'll leave it up to those of you with electrical engineering degrees.
Wilson Stadium -- Buffalo, NY
http://www.esmagazi...,2534,25494,00.html
it's a start... but i'm lookin for a stadium where EVERYONE gets heated seats [SquidInk, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Circulating hot water solves your second issue. |
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ah. excellent suggestion. |
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actually, that's a much better idea. croissant to you [waug].... |
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It would have to be a water/glycol or water/alcohol mix, otherwise the medium would freeze when the system was off. But that could work. |
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Individual heater control could give endless posibilities of Mexican wave configurations. I'm thinking steam jets or electrical spikes here.... |
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[dimandja] i guess the ice hockey arenas i've been to are either poor or old. |
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nuts. well, when i first thought of this idea i was primarily concerned with how bitterly cold it gets during wintertime (american) football games. so i'll scrap the ice hockey idea and make it only for football stadiums. |
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Any weatherfolk around? Could an open-air stadium/warm air source turn into a tornado generator? |
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[phoenix] Is that because of all the fans? |
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Two pairs of pants have worked just fine for me. I'm a big fan of gloves too. It would probably cost less to just cover the whole stadium, or rent portable heated seats/seat covers in the concessions. |
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Heh.
No, I'm thinking about lots of warm air rising in a column, cooling, then falling again. Isn't that how tornados start? |
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In one of the halls at Eton, there are benches heated by hot water pipes running under them. Where the hot spots were, generations of bottoms had worn down the benches. |
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Reheatable seat cushion at www.warmyourbuns.com
Kept my family warm for all ours kids soccer games in cold northeast. Stays warm for hours! |
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