Is The Vikings Stadium A Retractable Roof

Instead of a 1990s style retractable roof which most nfl.

Is the vikings stadium a retractable roof.

But the vikings are trying something else. 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. Bank stadium in downtown minneapolis is something you look right through literally. 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.

The new minnesota vikings stadium in downtown minneapolis won t have a retractable roof. The only reason to have a retractable roof was because others had one says bryan trubey hks architect and designer of the building. 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.