Vikings Stadium Have Retractable Roof

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Vikings stadium have retractable roof.

Multiple sources have stated that adding a retractable roof to the vikings stadium would come at a cost of an additional 200 million. So the vikings entered a new era of transparency. The new agreement for a minnesota vikings stadium gives the team the option of having a retractable roof. So will they have one.

It s going to be difficult with a 975 million budget for the. Instead of a 1990s style retractable roof which most nfl stadiums rarely open the minnesota vikings are using a revolutionary design that is incredibly light. 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 plan outlines the 791 million cost of the stadium and details what revenue sources would be used to pay the bill.

It s truly going to feel like you re at you know an open air stadium but you ll be here in the winter months mortenson construction s brendan moore said. The only reason to have a retractable roof was because others had one says bryan trubey hks architect and designer of the building. 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.