Vikings New Stadium Roof Open

More than 245 000 sq.

Vikings new stadium roof open.

Feet of the transparent light weight material will cover 60 of. Bank stadium was deemed substantially complete by contractor mortenson construction six weeks before the ribbon cutting ceremony and official grand opening on july 22. The vikings first road trip of the 2020 season comes under a pamphlet of new restrictions but early returns are good after week 1 s road teams emerged unscathed while traveling amid the pandemic. Authority to use and occupy the stadium was handed over to the vikings and the minnesota sports facilities authority.

Taylor finally celebrated his first win inside lucas oil stadium with the roof open after losing twice in the big ten championship game with the roof closed when he played at wisconsin and. It s where sports is today and for the. Sofi stadium is a porous indoor outdoor year round complex featuring yes a 70 000 seat stadium and lots of parking but also a 2 5 acre public plaza an adjacent 6 000 seat performance space. This week the first etfe ethylene tetra flouro ethylene panels were placed on the stadium roof s south side.

On june 17 2016 u s. Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium that almost feels like it s outdoors. A comfortable indoor climate is among the many key features of the. Three layers of slick translucent plastic and two air pillows stretch over the steel roof supports of the new vikings stadium.

The colts will play the minnesota vikings on sunday before a crowd of 2 500 that will look feeble inside the echoing emptiness of lucas oil stadium.