Does Us Bank Stadium Roof Open

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

Does us bank stadium roof open.

Stadium capacity previous to removal of roof city country tenant s notes 1. The vikings played at the metrodome from 1982 until its closure in. The roof then has a sort of history when it comes to minneapolis stadiums. Kenny chesney has rescheduled his chillaxification stadium tour for saturday june 5 2021 at u s.

Humphrey metrodome the indoor stadium opened in 2016 and is the home of the minnesota vikings nfl. Sochi russia pfc sochi russian premier league. Bank stadium in downtown minneapolis is something you look right through literally. The high tech plastic roof on the new minnesota vikings stadium looks like something from a household kitchen.

The 1 076 billion u s us bank stadium will open next season boasting the only etfe roof on a sports facility in the united states. Instead of a 1990s style retractable roof which most nfl. Bank stadium does something altogether new in north. So the vikings entered a new era of transparency.

Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium in minneapolis minnesota united states built on the former site of the hubert h. But one thing the new roof won t do according to everyone. Original tickets are automatically valid for this rescheduled show. A pair of 200 horsepower motors open or close the roof in slightly more than four minutes utilizing more than four miles of cable strung through a pulley system.

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. Roof was designed for the 2014 winter olympics opening and closing ceremonies and the 2014 winter paralympics opening and closing ceremonies as a temporary structure and was removed as part of a renovation in preparation for the 2018. For three years they ve been called a signature design element of the new 1 1 billion u s. It also hosts early season college baseball games of the university of minnesota golden gophers.

The retractable roof comprising 9 million pounds of structural steel operates on the same tried and true technology found in drawbridges and overhead traveling cranes.