Is The Vikings Stadium A Retractable Roof

The minnesota vikings are due to deliver a preliminary stadium design in about a month and the best guess is that will include a fixed non retractable roof a decision that would end years of.

Is the vikings stadium a retractable roof.

Bank stadium in downtown minneapolis is something you look right through literally. But the vikings are trying something else. While the vikings owners wanted an outdoor stadium the state and local governments would only provide funding for an indoor stadium capable of hosting major events like the super bowl and the final four a retractable roof the trend in 2010s football stadiums would have been too expensive. Clear is the new retractable said vikings executive vice president for stadium development lester bagley repeating a slogan coined as the design was revealed more than two years ago.

So while i have a moment i wanted to pass along some numbers that further explain why the minnesota vikings might and or should pass on a retractable roof for their new stadium. The new minnesota vikings stadium in downtown minneapolis won t have a retractable roof. But it will be flooded with light in a glass and zinc framed structure with a two sided sloped roof.