Syracuse Orange: Get your piece of the Carrier Dome roof, SU fanatics

Syracuse Orange sports fans will have the opportunity to purchase a piece of the Carrier Dome old roof.

The bubble roof of the Carrier Dome – undeniably well-known, perhaps even iconic – is getting replaced as part of a massive facility renovation by Syracuse University.

The Orange is anticipated to wrap up replacing the old roof with a new one by the time that Syracuse football holds its home opener in mid-September.

As the university continues this major renovation project, ‘Cuse fans may now buy a piece of the Dome’s old roof, according to an announcement from SU’s athletics department.

"Here’s more from the press release. “The initial collection of memorabilia products made with pieces of the roof is available from CollectibleXchange, a Syracuse alumnus Brandon Steiner company.”"

On the Web site where you can make a purchase, items include a framed piece of the Dome with SU’s logo for $99.44, a #44 framed collage with part of the roof for $139.44, and a framed piece of the roof with a Dome image for $299.99.

You can own a piece of the old roof at the Carrier Dome, an iconic facility at Syracuse University.

The Carrier Dome opened on Sept. 20, 1980, and it serves as the home of Orange football, men’s and women’s basketball, and men’s and women’s lacrosse.

The athletics department statement says that the 49,262-seat facility “is the only domed stadium in the Northeast, and is the largest structure of its kind on a college campus in the country.”

The roof’s replacement is within the first phase of the university’s multi-year endeavor to invest $118 million to produce a new and improved experience for fans at the stadium.

Personally speaking, I have fond memories of the Carrier Dome’s bubble roof. When I attended SU back in the day and would drive the five-plus hours from my home in Maryland to Syracuse, as I got close to reaching the campus, one of the first landmarks that I would see from the highway was that bubble roof.

Good times.