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Originally Posted by AndyC
Of course when Del Mar built their new "state of the art" track in the 90s they thought that adding posts would be a nostalgic way to go. Has any stadium or sporting facility been built with posts in the last 50 years?
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I don't like the posts at Del Mar (which can be avoided by sitting on the 2nd or 4th level or the first 3 or 4 rows of the 3rd or 5th), but I know the architectural reason for them.
To avoid using posts, you have to set your structure back. Unfortunately, there is no room to set the grandstand back at Del Mar, because the paddock takes up all available room between the grandstand and the service road which serves the fairgrounds and the track. (For the same reason, the apron at Del Mar is small.)
So the only way to expand was to build up, not out. Which meant posts.
