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.
Vikings stadium roof material.
Minnesota s etfe roof will not be lighted but the spaces around it will giving it a glow of changing colors including vikings purple.
Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely.
The team has moved into u s.
Bank stadium which is roofed with the largest expanse at 248 000 square feet of etfe material in north and south america.
Look higher for the clues to this tongue twister all the way up to the roof of minnesota s new stadium.
Things are looking up for minnesota vikings fans.
Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium that almost feels like it s outdoors.
The triple layered air filled ethylene tetrafluoroethylene film used most famously on the beijing water cube introduces diffused sunlight to the stadium interior while affording fans views of blue sky and white clouds above quite an improvement over the former hubert h.
The 248 000 square feet of roof sits atop 10 story glass doors facing downtown minneapolis which will open and close.
The roof is made up of 60 ethylene tetrafluoroethylene etfe a fluorine based clear plastic and is the largest in north america spanning 240 000 square feet 22 000 m 2 supplied and installed by the firm vector foiltec.
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.
In inglewood the roof will include a shade component.
The vikings new stadium will have a fixed roof made of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene etfe a clear plastic material designed to make fans feel as though they re sitting outside without actually.
The stadium s roof made of etfe a clear plastic material is similar to the roof at u s.