The flat fixed roof has 17 000 tons much of it in a two way truss system that is 70 ft deep and spans as much as 723 ft.
Mrecedes benz stadium roof fixed.
These panels called petals move in straight lines when they open and close.
Mercedes benz stadium roof officially functional duration.
The 1 5 billion stadium will be.
Once properly adjusted as officials have long said the roof should be able to open and.
Atlanta ap workers will begin the final construction phase of mercedes benz stadium s tricky retractable roof on tuesday nine months after the facility opened.
Mercedes benz stadium after that contractors will turn over control of the roof to stadium proprietors.
After working on the roof for much of the past year stadium officials said they fixed the roof by improving the suspension system.
The petals have 4 000 tons.
Celebrating the belated completion of mercedes benz stadium s retractable roof stadium officials wednesday afternoon demonstrated the roof in long awaited operation.
The roof of the stadium contains 27 500 tons of steel.
The eight piece roof opened in.
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19 mercedes benz stadium celebrated the completion of its fixed roof by having its construction team sign one of its last steel support roof beams before hoisting it into its final place.
Mercedes benz stadium roof close timelapse.
In the last 48 hours the roof has closed and it looks incredible.
We built in a little more flexibility in the pedals so they.
Mercedes benz stadium s roof has eight moving panels weighing approximately 500 tons each.