Minnesota Football Stadium Roof

The official football page for the university of minnesota gophers.

Minnesota football stadium roof.

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. 4 years ago the metrodome roof was deflated for the final time one step in knocking down the stadium that was both loved and hated. Snow caused the metrodome s roof to collapse just before the vikings game. The official football page for the university of minnesota gophers.

On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out. The demolition cleared the way for the vikings sparkling new football palace. Due to a collapse of the metrodome s roof the minnesota vikings monday night football game against the chicago bears was held at the stadium on december 20 2010 which was the vikings first outdoor home game since exactly 29 years before when metropolitan stadium was closed. It is the first fixed roof stadium built in the nfl since ford field in detroit which opened in 2002.

Nfl network insider ian rapoport. Property of the nfl and fox. 1 2 sixty percent of the u s. Bank stadium roof is of.

The game ended with the bears defeating the vikings 40 14. 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. Buy sell tickets game day info help sign in promo code transfer tickets stadium maps renew season tickets baseball m basketball w basketball football m gymnastics w gymnastics m hockey w hockey w soccer. Heavy snow caused the roof of the metrodome stadium to cave in sunday morning and we have the video of the spectacular or disastrous depending on your level of football fandom collapse.