Vikings Stadium Have Retractable Roof

For the atlanta falcons new mercedes benz stadium set to open in june 2017 architects at hok designed an eight panel.

Vikings stadium have retractable roof.

The plan outlines the 791 million cost of the stadium and details what revenue sources would be used to pay the bill. The new agreement for a minnesota vikings stadium gives the team the option of having a retractable roof. Minnesota isn t the only city with a polymer swathed stadium on the way. But the vikings are trying something else.

So will they have one. 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. 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.

The high tech plastic roof on the new minnesota vikings stadium looks like something from a household kitchen a wobbly paper thin surface that could be used as a cutting board. It s going to be difficult with a 975 million budget for the. 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.