When the minnesota vikings host the green bay packers at the new us bank stadium in minneapolis on september 18 it will be the first regular season nfl game played under a roof made of a material.
Vikings stadium roof material.
Things are looking up for minnesota vikings fans.
The triple layered air filled ethylene tetrafluoroethylene film used most famously on the beijing water cube introduces diffused sunlight to the stadium interior while affording fans views of blue sky and white clouds above quite an improvement over the former hubert h.
About half of the new minnesota vikings stadium roof will be made of clear lightweight tetrafluoroethylene or etfe allowing for an interior filled with natural light.
Bank stadium which is roofed with the largest expanse at 248 000 square feet of etfe material in north and south america.
Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely.
Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium that almost feels like it s outdoors.
The 248 000 square feet of roof sits atop 10 story glass doors facing downtown minneapolis which will open and close.
In inglewood the roof will include a shade component.
The stadium s roof made of etfe a clear plastic material is similar to the roof at u s.
Bank stadium the vikings facility opening in july.
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.
The team has moved into u s.
The roof is made up of 60 ethylene tetrafluoroethylene etfe a fluorine based clear plastic and is the largest in north america spanning 240 000 square feet 22 000 m 2 supplied and installed by the firm vector foiltec.
Minnesota s etfe roof will not be lighted but the spaces around it will giving it a glow of changing colors including vikings purple.