Minnesota New Stadium Roof

The 248 000 square feet of roof sits atop 10 story glass doors facing downtown minneapolis which will open and close.

Minnesota new stadium roof.

Media only screen and min width. Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium that almost feels. Minnesota vikings new stadium fly through duration. The stadium does not have a roof but there is a canopy above the top deck.

Minnesota vikings stadium roof deflation time lapse duration. So the team the public. Sports gaming universe 23 504 views. It is the first fixed roof stadium built in the nfl since ford field in detroit which opened in 2002.

The minnesota vikings whose stadium roof has collapsed five times are among them. Look higher for the clues to this tongue twister all the way up to the roof of minnesota s new stadium. The roof that isn t there using the nation s largest etfe roof and pivoting glass doors the new home of the nfl s minnesota vikings u s. As of march 2015 the overall budget was estimated to be 1 061 billion with 348 million from the state of minnesota 150 million from the city of minneapolis and 551 million from the team and private contributions.

The last collapse at the metrodome which is the former home of the vikings was in 2010. 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 stadium is integrated with the intermodal target field station which connects the metro blue and green line light rail service with the minneapolis terminus of the northstar commuter rail line leading from the northwest. Minneapolis opening the roof over the new home of the minnesota vikings would have forced planners of the 975 million project to eliminate some of the fancy features.

Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely.