January 18, 2007

Linc Ramps To Be Buttressed

While the Eagles' loss on Sunday may have ended the Birds' season, it's not all bad. Now that the Birds will be out of Lincoln Financial Field until a preseason game sometime in August, the Eagles have time to repair those shaky ramps at the Linc.

The ramps, you may remember, first shook after the Eagles' victory over Dallas in October. The Eagles' brass and "engineering experts" said it was simply "lateral vibrations" and everything was okay. It was a classic he said, she said -- or, in this case, Eagles said, drunk fans said -- case.

Nothing much happened as the Eagles' sunk to 5-6 and fans started leaving games not all of the same time. But when the Eagles rallied to make the playoffs, fans reported more shaking after the Eagles' first round win over the Giants and even showed camera phone video that proved, uh, that the Eagles play at Lincoln Financial Field. (Even if that. It's a camera phone video; you can't tell a thing.)

Well, the Eagles have decided to fix the ramps in the offseason. While the ramps are up to code and there aren't any cracks, the Eagles will hire people to buttress two of the stadium's ramps. (A third ramp, in the southeast corner, didn't have any problems.) It's a problem that, according to Huntington Valley engineer Steven Kiss, you could "[a]sk any two-year engineering student and he'll tell you in two minutes."

City building code, though, doesn't require ramps to account for lateral vibrations. Says L&I acting commish David Perri: "We can't arbitrarily impose standards that aren't part of the law. I can't say, 'Jeez, why don't you throw in a few extra braces on there?'" But, uh, you just did, David.

Eagles to repair shaky Linc ramps [Daily News]
Archives: Rampgate

Posted by D-Mac on January 18, 2007 12:08 PM
Posted to Lincoln Financial Field , Rampgate

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