Patent ID: 8555557

Claim:
A passive indoor/outdoor stadium structure configured to reduce energy demands from a stadium of which the stadium structure forms, the passive indoor/outdoor stadium structure comprising: a moveable roofing system for covering an interior space of the stadium, the moveable roofing system having an open position and a closed position, the system comprising: a fixed half-dome roof and a revolving half dome roof retractable beneath the fixed half dome roof, both the fixed half dome roof and the revolving half dome roof comprising: an outer half dome clad with a plurality of solar hoods positioned in an overlapping arrangement, the plurality of solar hoods reflecting thermal energy from the sun; and an inner half dome clad with an ethylene tetrafluoroethylene membrane; and a micro-climate cooling system for cooling the indoor/outdoor stadium, the system comprising: a full circulation mode for cooling a stadium volume when the roofing system is in the closed position; and a micro-climate mode for cooling a portion of the stadium volume when the roofing system is in the open position, the portion of the stadium volume surrounds a stadium seating and a playing field and is located in a lower portion of the stadium volume.