The addition of the Stueckle Sky Center to Boise State Stadium addressed needed improvements to university operations, including production and media broadcast support for its successful athletic department. Yet the school’s mandate to Salt Lake City-based FFKR Architects also emphasized new opportunities for "booster accommodations" – luxury seating and event spaces for big fans of the BSU Broncos, on three of four new levels: loge boxes, club seating, and sky suites.Luxury Seating Regardless of the WeatherThe Club seating provided a unique challenge for which the NanaWall systems were uniquely suited. To convert to open-air stadium conditions using a weather tight, strong framing system usually requires larger mullions, headers and sills. Yet with the HSW60, the architects were able to work with minimal framing – a challenge that few fenestration products can meet. And the NanaWall system is weather-resistant enough to stand up to the harsh winters in the American Northwest."The client wanted the luxury 'Club' seating level, spanning 324 feet, to accommodate 800 patrons in seats that could be open-air or windowed, as conditions required," recalls Jim Lohse, AIA, senior principal with FFKR Architects. For the best possible game-day experience, window framing was minimized as much as possible in FFKR’s sleek, contemporary design – whether open or closed – eliminating obstructions to views of the field below.Switching from open to closed had to be a relatively fast operation, too. In this way, the NanaWall system allows the facility manager to make the decision to “go open or closed” based on weather conditions just before game time. FFKR's team specified NanaWall's HSW60 Thermally Broken Aluminum Framed Single-Track Sliding System – and they did so on an unprecedented scale. The 324-foot span splits in the center and fully retracts in only about 60 minutes, providing unobstructed views unachievable with conventional windows, says FFKR.“NanaWall's System, Which We Opted for Because of the Manufacturer's Singular Reputation in This Field, Helped Us Create What Might Be the Longest Fully Retractable Span in the World.”