Vikings New Stadium Roof Material

Feet of the transparent light weight material will cover 60 of.

Vikings new stadium roof material.

This week the first etfe ethylene tetra flouro ethylene panels were placed on the stadium roof s south side. Look higher for the clues to this tongue twister all the way up to the roof of minnesota s new stadium. Etfe is lighter and stronger than traditional roofing materials. 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.

Paul minn business wire the new home of the minnesota vikings u s. Bank stadium will cost just more than 1 billion to build. 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. 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.

According to the vikings website etfe will not degrade when exposed to uv light. More than 245 000 sq. The key is etfe a space age plastic like material used in construction for roughly 30 years. Roughly 248 000 sf of the roof will be composed of etfe.

It s also translucent so much so that. Approximately 60 percent of the stadium s roof is covered in ethylene tetraflouroethylene or etfe a transparent polymer similar to teflon that will allow natural light to flood the stadium. 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.