BOSSIER CITY, La. — The usually busy Fort Hays State University campus was closer to a ghost town when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March. Students were attending classes online and athletic events were canceled. It turned out to be the perfect time to reroof — and re-wall — Gross Memorial Coliseum.
After 50 years of enduring heavy winds, hailstorms and whatever Mother Nature could throw at it, an aging copper batten roof was leaking in spots and had to be removed by Roofmasters of Hays, Kan. Approximately 50,000 square feet of McElroy Metal’s 238T symmetrical standing seam panels were installed as the replacement roof.