Owner to Rebuild After Upstate New York Sports Dome Collapses Under Snowfall December 23, 2020
The owner of a sports complex in the upstate New York city of Binghamton says he plans to rebuild after its air-supported dome collapsed under this week’s record-breaking snowfall.
No one was injured when one of the state’s largest indoor sports complexes collapsed under 40 inches of snow that blanketed Broome County.
Owner Bahij Kashou told the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin he was meeting with his insurance company representatives to determine the fate of the 125,000-square-foot complex.
The Kashou family plans to rebuild but needs $120,000 before insurance kicks in, Renee Kashou, the complex’s director of marketing and sales, told Spectrum News.
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2020/12/20 01:22 BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) The owner of a sports complex in the upstate New York city of Binghamton says he plans to rebuild after its air-supported dome collapsed under this week’s record-breaking snowfall. No one was injured when one of the state’s largest indoor sports complexes collapsed Thursday under 40 inches of snow that blanketed Broome County. Owner Bahij Kashou told the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin he was meeting with his insurance company representatives to determine the fate of the 125,000-square-foot complex. The Kashou family plans to rebuild but needs $120,000 before insurance kicks in, Renee Kashou, the complex’s director of marketing and sales, told Spectrum News.
The roof of an athletic dome in Binghamton one of the largest in the state
collapsed Wednesday night as the area was pummeled with over three feet of snow.
Bahij Kashou, the owner of The Greater Binghamton Sports Complex, told WICZ the roof couldn t handle the reported 40 inches of snow that fell in the area. Usually, you know depending on how the snow comes, if it comes around two or three days it s different, Kashou said. But all at once made it difficult and caused it to collapse.
It s unclear when the structure will be repaired.
The Southern Tier was walloped by Winter Storm Gail, with snowfall rates of 4 to 5 inches per hour from an intense snow band that set up over the area, according to the National Weather Service.