Minnesota Stadium Roof Collapse

It collapsed four times in the 1980s and had to be re inflated despite being built in the same decade.

Minnesota stadium roof collapse.

One thing the new roof won t do according to everyone. On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out. The game will kickoff at 7 20. That is until 2010.

Everything was going as normal during the construction for the stadium expansion under a worker noticed a buckle in a key part of the support structure. Husky stadium collapse in this incident from 1982 a part of the university of washington s husky stadium collapsed while under construction. The metrodome s fiberglass roof infamously caved under the heft of deep snow in december 2010. Frigid air whipped through a desolate metrodome on monday as crews began inspecting the minnesota stadium s nearly three decades old roof after it collapsed under the weight of heavy snow that.

On january 18 2014 the metrodome roof was deflated signaling the beginning of demolition work. The metrodome s roof collapsed four times in the 1980s. The vikings played at the university of minnesota s tcf bank stadium for the 2014 and 2015 nfl seasons ahead of the planned opening of u s. Metrodome roof collapses cameras capture the metrodome roof caving in from too much snow during a blizzard in minneapolis minn.

The roof which was made of fiberglass and fabric was supported by air pressure. That roof was held up mostly by air. The teflon and fiberglass roof collapsing makes a ripping noise as air shoots into the stadium sending the roof plummeting toward the stadium seats. Bank stadium in 2016.

After nearly a foot and a half of snow accumulated on top of the home of the nfl s minnesota vikings the roof caved in. The stadium had grown old by that year.