Minneapolis Stadium Roof Collapse

The concrete ring beam was brought down by controlled explosive charges on sunday.

Minneapolis stadium roof collapse.

With a roof made of fabric similar to that used in trampolines it s not hard to envision why 43 centimeters of snow tore through minneapolis s hubert h. Humphrey metrodome last month. The stadium had grown old by that year. On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out.

Get 1 day walmart shipping. The roof was deflated for the final time on january 18. The roof which was made of fiberglass and fabric was supported by air pressure. It collapsed four times in the 1980s and had to be re inflated despite being built in the same decade.

The general public was not informed about this phase of the demolition process prompting about a half dozen phone calls to police from people who wondered what was. Minneapolis the minnesota vikings and new york giants will play on monday night in detroit after the metrodome s inflated roof collapsed in a snowstorm. 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. Frigid air whipped through a desolate metrodome on monday as crews began inspecting the minnesota stadium s nearly three decades old roof after it collapsed under the weight of heavy snow that.

The metrodome s roof went more than 20 years after without any issues. That is until 2010.