Football Stadium Roof Collapse Snow 2013

However freezing temperatures turned that water into ice according to the star tribune.

Football stadium roof collapse snow 2013. The roof of an american football stadium in minneapolis has collapsed after a blizzard dumped thigh deep snow on some areas of the upper midwest of the united states yesterday. It opened in the 2013 fall semester. The night before a fox sports crew setting up for an upcoming vikings game noticed water leaking from the roof and kept their cameras on all night. Those cameras captured the roof tearing and ice and snow falling into the stadium.

The inflatable roof of the metrodome sports stadium in the us mid western city of minneapolis collapsed on sunday after a snowfall of 17in 43cm. With a seating capacity of 82 666 it was the largest stadium in the national. Az alkmaar s shocking stadium roof collapse was caused by the extra weight of solar panels installed four years ago it has emerged. Part of the ground s main stand was ruined after its roof came.

When the stadium opened it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure the first use of the architectural technique in a major athletic facility. The pontiac silverdome also known as simply the silverdome was a stadium in pontiac michigan it opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres 51 ha of land. Snow began to pile throughout the night and at 5 a m. A powerful storm has dumped mounds of snow across the upper midwest closing highways canceling flights and collapsing the roof of the minnesota vikings st.

Just a day before the roof s collapse in 2010 a crew hosed hot water on the roof to melt the snow. On sunday morning december 12 the roof collapsed from it. On 20 february 2013 the stadium collapsed again while undergoing re construction work which commenced late 2012. 137 meters two thirds of the old structure collapsed when working construction workers heard loud noises followed by the collapse of steel pillars.

The contest which was canceled when the roof of the metrodome in minneapolis collapsed sunday morning from snow will be played monday night in. Second collapse of the roof. On december 12 at about 5 00 a m the roof had a catastrophic collapse as three panels tore open.