New Vikings Stadium Roof Material

Look higher for the clues to this tongue twister all the way up to the roof of minnesota s new stadium.

New vikings stadium roof material.

The key is etfe a space age plastic like material used in construction for roughly 30 years. New vikings football stadium first in the u s. 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. That s why 5 eyewitness news.

Vector foiltec founder stefan lehnert explains how the etfe roof on the new vikings stadium will deal with snow during minnesota winters. It s also translucent so much so that. The 248 000 square feet of roof sits atop 10 story glass doors facing downtown minneapolis which will open and close. Etfe is lighter and stronger than traditional roofing materials.

Published on nov 2 2014 the current price on the new vikings stadium is just over a billion dollars and taxpayers are on the hook for around 500 million of that. Sixty percent of the colossal venue some 248 000 square feet of it will be covered solely. 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. 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.