Vikings Stadium Have Retractable Roof

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.

Vikings stadium have retractable roof.

The new agreement for a minnesota vikings stadium gives the team the option of having a retractable roof. The 1 076 billion u s us bank stadium will open next season boasting the only etfe roof on a sports facility in the united states. For the atlanta falcons new mercedes benz stadium set to open in june 2017 architects at hok designed an eight panel. The plan outlines the 791 million cost of the stadium and details what revenue sources would be used to pay the bill.

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 only reason to have a retractable roof was because others had one says bryan trubey hks architect and designer of the building. Multiple sources have stated that adding a retractable roof to the vikings stadium would come at a cost of an additional 200 million. It s going to be difficult with a 975 million budget for the.

Minnesota isn t the only city with a polymer swathed stadium on the way. So the vikings entered a new era of transparency. 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.