Vikings Stadium Roof Hand Crank Close

It will be the franchise s third replacing their current domed stadium the hubert h.

Vikings stadium roof hand crank close.

The vikings stadium is the working title of the new upcoming stadium for the minnesota vikings of the national football league nfl in minneapolis. Etfe provides a warming thermal effect in harsh weather in what stadium. Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium that almost feels like it s outdoors. The vikings new stadium will have a fixed roof made of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene etfe a clear plastic material designed to make fans feel as though they re sitting outside without.

The 248 000 square feet of roof sits atop 10 story glass doors facing downtown minneapolis which will open and close. Using the nation s largest etfe roof and pivoting glass doors the new home the nfl s minnesota vikings u s. The home opener of the regular season was in week two against the green bay packers on september 18 a 17 14 victory. It is the first fixed roof stadium built in the nfl since ford field in detroit which opened in 2002.

The black zinc panels that form the exterior of u s. The stadium has also been referred to as downtown east and metrodome next. The following year more heavy snowfall caused a tear in the roof just four days before the vikings were set to play the cowboys in the last game of the 1982 regular season. There is no parking or pick up drop off within the 100 foot perimeter of the stadium.

The vikings giants game was postponed to monday night and moved to detroit ford field after the metrodome roof collapsed for the fifth time since opening in 1982. The vikings played their first pre season game at u s. The dome s roof once against deflated and tore due to snow in the spring of 1983 postponing a minnesota twins game. Bank stadium on august 28.

Nfl network s brian baldinger looks at how current vikings offensive coordinator gary kubiak did things back in 2014 with the ravens the last time he was an offensive coordinator in the nfl. Bank stadium leak more than previously revealed and must all be replaced at a cost of 21 million over the next two years according to a.