Translucent Roof Like The Minnesota Vikings

On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out.

Translucent roof like the minnesota vikings.

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. It makes it much more difficult. Submitted rendering the new minnesota vikings stadium in downtown minneapolis won t have a retractable roof. The noise level under the translucent roof has been helpful for rattling the opposing offense.

Three layers of slick translucent plastic and two air pillows stretch over the steel roof supports of the new vikings stadium. Ben goessling espn staff writer minneapolis before its glass doors have opened for a minnesota vikings game or the first load of snow has skittered off the roof on a saturday night to prevent a. But it will be flooded with light in a glass and zinc framed structure with a two sided. Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely.

Bank stadium the future home of the minnesota vikings recent had the translucent and flexible roof completed on the state of the art facility. The metrodome s teflon roof infamously collapsed during a storm in december 2010 forcing the vikings to play their last two home games that season elsewhere. The nfl s first translucent roof is a super tough monster the minnesota vikings play against the san diego chargers on august 28 2016 at us bank stadium. The concentration is so much harder when you ve got 66 000 crazy vikings fans that are doing the skol chant zimmer said.