Minnesota Vikings Roof Collapse

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Minnesota vikings roof collapse.

The dome s roof once against deflated and tore due to snow in the spring of 1983 postponing a minnesota twins game. The metrodome s roof collapsed four times in the 1980s. In 1981 more than a foot of snow collapsed it. The teflon and fiberglass roof collapsing makes a ripping noise as air shoots into the stadium sending the roof plummeting toward the stadium seats.

According to the christian science monitor the first collapse came in 1981 due to heavy snow. Minneapolis more than eight months have passed since that swirling snowstorm punctured the metrodome s roof rendering the stadium unusable and sending the minnesota vikings scurrying for other. On january 18 2014 the metrodome roof was deflated signaling the beginning of demolition work. Bank stadium in 2016.

The following year more heavy snowfall caused a tear in the roof just four days before the vikings were set to play the cowboys in the last game of the 1982 regular season. On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out. Dan marino considered playing for the minnesota vikings before retiring. 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.