S.A. Officials Confident Alamodome Can Withstand Rough Storms

San Antonio Officials Say Alamodome Can Withstand Inclement Weather

ALL CLEAR: The Bobcats do not anticipate weather-related problems for next week's NCAA East Regional at Charlotte Bobcats Arena after a bizarre convergence of events during a heavy thunderstorm led to water dripping on the court during the ACC men's tournament last weekend, according to a Bobcats official. There was no leaky roof causing the problem at Bobcats Arena, said Bobcats Dir of Corporate Communications Michael Thompson. The team operates the three-year-old arena. Instead, the severe weather -- an offshoot of the storm that damaged the Georgia Dome in Atlanta last Friday night --created a set of circumstances where Thompson said the "wind was blowing the rain sideways and up, and water was running horizontally through an air duct." ACC tournament officials stopped last Saturday's Clemson-Duke game for several minutes to dry the floor in front of the scorer's table before resuming play. Thompson: "There isn't anything to patch, nothing to repair. The timing was certainly strange, but in terms of the NCAA tournament there will be no problems, unless, of course, it starts raining sideways again" (Don Muret, SportsBusiness Journal).

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