Minneapolis Stadium Roof

It s slanted design allows it to handle heavy snowfalls.

Minneapolis stadium roof.

After hennepin county stopped their pursuit of a vikings stadium the city of minneapolis submitted a plan for a vikings stadium at the downtown metrodome site. It is 240 000 square feet making it the largest in north america. The roof that sits over the 1 75 million square foot stadium is one of the lightest stadium roofs in the world despite its snow load requirements. The metrodome was similar in design to the former rca dome and to bc place though bc place was reconfigured with a retractable roof in 2010.

The roof is made up of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene a clear plastic. The minneapolis plan was for a fixed roof stadium costing an estimated 895 million. The high tech plastic roof on the new minnesota vikings stadium looks like something from a household kitchen a wobbly paper thin surface that could be used as a cutting board. With a roof made of fabric similar to that used in trampolines it s not hard to envision why 43 centimeters of snow tore through minneapolis s hubert h.

Frigid air whipped through a desolate metrodome on monday as crews began inspecting the minnesota stadium s nearly three decades old roof after it collapsed under the weight of heavy snow that. The 248 000 square feet of roof sits atop 10 story glass doors facing downtown minneapolis which will open and close. Bank stadium joins asmgloballive the world s leading provider of innovative venue services and live experiences to honor healthcare workers around the globe on world health day. The stadium had a fiberglass fabric roof that was self supported by air pressure and was the third major sports facility to have this feature the first two being the pontiac silverdome and the carrier dome.

Humphrey metrodome last month. Minnesota s etfe roof will not be lighted but the spaces around it will giving it a glow of changing colors including vikings purple. The roof is so minimal that the vikings can still. Theater like curtains cover the side windows of the stadium while panels ten feet wide and up to 370 feet long span the glass roof.