The construction of SoFi stadium caused some serious issues for fans during the National Championship game.
On Monday night, it poured in Southern California. Despite the fact that SoFi has a retractable roof, the rain was still able to leak into the stadium because the stadium doesn’t have any walls and has openings on its sides.
Via Fox Weather
SoFi Stadium, the most expensive NFL stadium (by a long shot), was built to be impenetrable, but Mother Nature found its flaw. The $5.5 billion dome-like stadium has openings on its sides.
The openings in the stadium were meant to pull in ocean breezes through its aerodynamic shape and supposedly can tune wind flow, the LA Times reported.
Because SoFi Stadium has a roof but no walls, rain is only coming down on the upper deck of TCU fans.
pic.twitter.com/Mth1BcQQjM— Front Office Sports (@FOS) January 10, 2023
It’s raining sideways into SoFi! My computer screen is soaked. So much for the roof! #notcomplaining pic.twitter.com/lLV2mRvTbJ
— Josh Morgan (@JoshMorganNews) January 10, 2023
Here’s what it looks like inside SoFi Stadium tonight. pic.twitter.com/Y7qlBKjrg6
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 10, 2023
Things got so bad that rain leaked into the concourse, and fans were slipping and falling, causing several fans to get hurt.
The wind is blowing rain into the concourse of SoFi because the stadium was built without walls.
This poor worker is “mopping up” the water. pic.twitter.com/bPpjEqagG4
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) January 10, 2023
SoFi Stadium was built as an indoor/outdoor stadium but the floor is entirely too slippery tonight in the rain. Multiple people are slipping and falling and having to be helped out on stretchers. pic.twitter.com/j7awcw8Q8E
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 10, 2023
YIKES. pic.twitter.com/8qeb0ofrJz
— Old Row Sports (@OldRowSports) January 10, 2023