Mmmmm. I wonder? I think it probably does mean it had a full roof, but I'm imagining a sort of canopy over the spectators (as you say, like a football stadium). Wish I could find a photo of it. I've got an awful lot of information about this now, but still have a few gaps that I'd love to fill.
For instance: how much would the tickets have been and, when he did the show for all the schoolchildren on Christmas Eve 1891, was it free? My great grandfather lived in Bridgeton. He would have been seven when Buffalo Bill was there. But, bearing in mind he was one of eleven kids, I'm thinking that unless it was free he probably wouldn't have been able to go.
The other thing I was thinking was this: how on earth did they manage the health and safety aspect of things in sharpshooting exhibitions? Any theories?
