2026 FIFA World Cup

[mariomike]

If I was going and sitting on those I would certainly be sitting at the bottom.

Bottom? Looks like the jump would probably kill ya.

I'd probably just ride it down.

Couldn't pay me to sit on that.

 

[CountDC]

Yikes, higher from that angle. Front center looks like you might be able to jump on it; hang and drop safely. Thankfully I have no interest in attending to find out.

 

[FSTO]

Watched the game today. Canada carried the play for majority of the match, but they really missed Alphonso Davies. They just didn’t have a finisher until Kyle Larin came out and scored like a minute after he got on the pitch. He was really pissed that he was on the bench for a majority of the match.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

My youngest daughter worked her first shift at a FIFA Bistro on the grounds of the PNE today, she had fun, but a long day.

 

[RangerRay]

Hey, today was our best showing yet! We didn’t lose!

 

[daftandbarmy]

Hey, today was our best showing yet! We didn’t lose!

The most Canadian comment ever. Thank you

 

[daftandbarmy]

Some Tea Leafing going on...

England have training equipment stolen​

England were victims of a theft of their training equipment before their arrival in Kansas City on Saturday.

The Football Association is trying to ascertain what was stolen, with balls and boots among the items feared to have been taken, after vehicles transferring equipment to their Swope Soccer Village base in Kansas City were broken into.

Thomas Tuchel and his squad will arrive in Kansas City on Saturday afternoon and the equipment was due to be in place beforehand.

Police officers, who are in touch with the FA, were on site on Friday night dealing with the matter.

It is understood two arrests have been made in connection with the episode.

A spokesman for Kansas Police said: "We are investigating a possible theft of equipment from a team vehicle that arrived in Kansas City with items missing this evening. The investigation is ongoing."

The theft could potentially disrupt some of Tuchel's preparations for their World Cup opener against Croatia on Wednesday (21:00 BST).

World Cup 2026: England have training equipment stolen

England are victims of a theft of their training equipment before their arrival in Kansas City on Saturday.

www.bbc.com

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

If I was going and sitting on those I would certainly be sitting at the bottom.

Engineers will tell you that the strength of lattice work of that kind is incredible, even if it looks flimsy, which is what makes old style roller coasters so much fun: they look and sound as if you are taking your life in your hands every time you ride them, but are incredibly safe and strong.

That temporary bleacher is probably just as strong if not stronger than the permanent stands.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Watched the game today. Canada carried the play for majority of the match, but they really missed Alphonso Davies. They just didn’t have a finisher until Kyle Larin came out and scored like a minute after he got on the pitch. He was really pissed that he was on the bench for a majority of the match.

As one French sportscaster put it on RDS (the French TSN)," you'd hire that team to do structural work, but wouldn't hire them for fine carpentry and finishing touches."

 

[RangerRay]

The most Canadian comment ever. Thank you

When it comes to Canadian performance in World Cup soccer, we have to look for all the bright spots we can!

 

[Good2Golf]

Bottom? Looks like the jump would probably kill ya.

I'd probably just ride it down.

Couldn't pay me to sit on that.

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That’s fine. I’ve sat on that type in the location during the Toronto Indy.

 

[mariomike]

Engineers will tell you that the strength of lattice work of that kind is incredible, even if it looks flimsy, which is what makes old style roller coasters so much fun: they look and sound as if you are taking your life in your hands every time you ride them, but are incredibly safe and strong.

That's nice to know .

The Flyer was torn prior to the 1992 season , after it failed to meet safety standards.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

The Flyer was torn down in 1992 , after it failed to meet safety standards.

That means nothing.

First of all, not meeting safety standard does not equate being unsafe. I have an engineer friend who once explained to me that safety standards are developed by using safety factors calculated on top of actual capacities. He called it the Ignorance Factor. For instance, you'll say" this beam can support a load of ten tons, + or - half a ton 99.99% of the time. So to make sure it won't break, we rate it at 9 tons, which is half a ton below the lowest expected failure point, but to this, you add a safety factor and voila, you are now just rated for 8 tons, just in case of an impossible outlier. Now, you do the same thing with the columns, and the braces, and the stringers, and suddenly, your bridge built to a capacity of say 100,000 tons won't fail even if you put 200,000 tons on it.

Also, second of all, you may fail to meet safety standards because they have been changed and it's too costly to modify to meet the new standards. That does not mean that the old standard was unsafe, just that the new one takes new matters in consideration and requires modification in order to be met.

Finally, you may fail to meet safety standards because, like everything else, your structure or system ages. Metal will rust (yes, even aluminum, we just call it something else), fatigue or wear down. It will not keep its strength forever and at some point has to be replaced or torn down. Similarly, wood putrefies and needs replacement. Concrete and mortars disintegrates over time and if cracked will be attacked by freeze and thaw cycles. Again, after a while, it does not meet the safety standard anymore and has to be redone.

 

[mariomike]

That means nothing.

First of all, not meeting safety standard does not equate being unsafe.

OK. Thank-you for your reply.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Just did a back of the envelope calc, for those interested.

First: The legs you see in the picture of the stands are likely standard heavy commercial scaffolding ones, rated to take down up to 20 tons of weight each. for each of the five sections, I can count 14 legs back to front and ten on the face. That's 140 legs per section. The temporary stands can take 17,000 fans: that's 3,400 per section. Allowing for an average weight of 200 pounds, that's 340 tons of fans. For each seat and the fraction of the section weight attributable to each seat, I'll use the same 200 pounds, which I feel is generous.

That brings us to a total of 680 tons. Again, I'll throw in a safety factor by adding 20 tons, to bring each stand section full of fans to 700 tons. Divide that by leg and you get 5 tons per leg: That's only a quarter of their rating.

You'd need the stand to be full with two members of the "quarter ton" club on each seat, in a hurricane, to bring that thing down.

 

[dapaterson]

FIFA brings nations together.

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