Us Bank Stadium Roof Retractable

The new home of the vikings and host of super bowl lii u s.

Us bank stadium roof retractable.

The space where target field was built used to be a. Bank stadium does something altogether new in north. On the south sunny side of the ridge a transparent ethylene tetrafluoroethylene etfe system covers 60 percent of the stadium. The minnesota vikings enter a new era of transparency with the 1 076 billion us bank stadium opening next season and boasting the only etfe roof on a sports facility in the united states.

Minneapolis wcco the most striking feature on the iconic u s. At 240 000 square feet it was the first etfe roof in a northern climate and when built the largest etfe roof in north america. Bank stadium in downtown minneapolis is something you look right through literally. 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 transparent roof has been praised for bringing an outdoor feel to indoor games and the massive northwest doors the world s largest pivoting glass ones in the world have become an. Though there were discussions to put a retractable roof on the new ballpark it was ultimately decided that it would be an open air stadium.