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.
Minneapolis stadium roof.
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.
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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.
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.
In all the 460 000 square feet of roof and glass walls will be.
The roof is so minimal that the vikings can still.
The minneapolis plan was for a fixed roof stadium costing an estimated 895 million.
Minnesota s etfe roof will not be lighted but the spaces around it will giving it a glow of changing colors including vikings purple.
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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.
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.
Humphrey metrodome last month.
The proposal also included funding solutions for 95 million in renovations to the target center.
The roof is made up of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene a clear plastic.
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.
It s slanted design allows it to handle heavy snowfalls.