Minnesota Vikings Roof Collapse

The game will kickoff at 7 20 on monday.

Minnesota vikings roof collapse.

The teflon and fiberglass roof collapsing makes a ripping noise as air shoots into the stadium sending the roof plummeting toward the stadium seats. 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. On december 12 2010 the much maligned metrodome finally gave out. The metrodome s roof collapsed four times in the 1980s.

The vikings played at the university of minnesota s tcf bank stadium for the 2014 and 2015 nfl seasons ahead of the planned opening of u s. In 1981 more than a foot of snow collapsed it. 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. On january 18 2014 the metrodome roof was deflated signaling the beginning of demolition work.

According to the christian science monitor the first collapse came in 1981 due to heavy snow. The dome s roof once against deflated and tore due to snow in the spring of 1983 postponing a minnesota twins game. Bank stadium in 2016. The following year more heavy snowfall caused a tear in the roof just four days before the vikings were set to play the cowboys in the last game of the 1982 regular season.