Minnesota Stadium Roof Collapse

It collapsed four times in the 1980s and had to be re inflated despite being built in the same decade.

Minnesota stadium roof collapse.

Metrodome roof collapses cameras capture the metrodome roof caving in from too much snow during a blizzard in minneapolis minn. The metrodome s fiberglass roof infamously caved under the heft of deep snow in december 2010. On january 18 2014 the metrodome roof was deflated signaling the beginning of demolition work. That is until 2010.

The game will kickoff at 7 20. The metrodome s roof went more than 20 years after without any issues. Bank stadium in 2016. After nearly a foot and a half of snow accumulated on top of the home of the nfl s minnesota vikings the roof caved in.

The stadium had grown old by that year. According to the christian science monitor the first collapse came in 1981 due to heavy snow. The teflon and fiberglass roof collapsing makes a ripping noise as air shoots into the stadium sending the roof plummeting toward the stadium seats. The roof which was made of fiberglass and fabric was supported by air pressure.

That roof was held up mostly by air. Fox news minneapolis the minnesota vikings and new york giants will play on monday night in detroit after the metrodome s inflated roof collapsed in a snowstorm. Everything was going as normal during the construction for the stadium expansion under a worker noticed a buckle in a key part of the support structure. Husky stadium collapse in this incident from 1982 a part of the university of washington s husky stadium collapsed while under construction.

The metrodome s roof collapsed four times in the 1980s. The vikings played at the university of minnesota s tcf bank stadium for the 2014 and 2015 nfl seasons ahead of the planned opening of u s.