Vikings New Stadium Roof Material

About half of the new minnesota vikings stadium roof will be made of clear lightweight tetrafluoroethylene or etfe allowing for an interior filled with natural light.

Vikings new stadium roof material.

When the minnesota vikings host the green bay packers at the new us bank stadium in minneapolis on september 18 it will be the first regular season nfl game played under a roof made of a material. Roughly 248 000 sf of the roof will be composed of etfe. This week the first etfe ethylene tetra flouro ethylene panels were placed on the stadium roof s south side. The remaining portion will be a steeply pitched hard roof but sunlight will still angle over the entire field.

Etfe is lighter and stronger than traditional roofing materials. More than 245 000 sq. According to the vikings website etfe will not degrade when exposed to uv light. Paul minn business wire the new home of the minnesota vikings u s.

Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely. Feet of the transparent light weight material will cover 60 of. 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. Look higher for the clues to this tongue twister all the way up to the roof of minnesota s new stadium.

The key is etfe a space age plastic like material used in construction for roughly 30 years. Bank stadium will cost just more than 1 billion to build. It s also translucent so much so that.