Shorewood Resident Jim Genthe has this appropriate question about the planned renovation of the Shorewood athletic complex.
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...a DOME????????? 
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Plan includes dome
"The project, as shown in Monroe's presentation, also features a dome over the artificial turf field."
Comments1. "First off Shorewood needs an athletic team to use the proposed dome."
- Ron Deichler Class of 70, 11/15/06
2. "One of my friends saw your entry and told me "In answer to your dome question, it's a good idea because the project is going to be privately funded and a dome would let the SHS soccer season start earlier, end later and the village could rent out the facility to other soccer clubs and for other uses."
Apparently, this dome would be enclosed, heated and air-conditioned! I had just two words for him: SOCCER USA, the building on Port Road and Capitol Drive, which is now a vegetable delivery warehouse if I recall correctly! Why is it, when folks see the word 'free', they can't seem to look past that and see the annual small fortune involved in upkeep, heating and cooling an expanse like that in deference to the minimal amount it could return in rentals and any other uses?? Maybe it's just me, but I don't see people in this 'burb being enthused enough about a project this to make it fly! What say we just create a quality playing field, remove the 'splinter-factor' from the bleachers and call it a day??"
- Jim Genthe, 11/18/06
3. "Let's get this straight..... we have streets in Shorewood that are in dire need of repair, we have a police and fire station that is crumbling apart,and no money to do any of this. We have had budget crunching to the tune of actually losing village staff, and there is something on the table to build a dome over a high school athletic field?????? To whoever came up with this knit witted idea.... see that big lake on the east end of the village? Please go jump in it. "
- Domehead, 11/21/06
