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.
Translucent roof like the minnesota vikings.
Three layers of slick translucent plastic and two air pillows stretch over the steel roof supports of the new vikings stadium.
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 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 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 noise level under the translucent roof has been helpful for rattling the opposing offense.
A comfortable indoor climate is among the many key features of the.
But it will be flooded with light in a glass and zinc framed structure with a two sided.
On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out.
It makes it much more difficult.
Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely.
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.
Submitted rendering the new minnesota vikings stadium in downtown minneapolis won t have a retractable roof.