of the big advantages of it is how lightweight it is,” Cudihee said. the flip side, the work done atop the new stadium to prepare for the installation building, but I think when you’re seated on the inside, what’ll be cool is you through, has a tendency to magnify,” said Rob Matwick, the Rangers’ executive "More than just bringing the light in, ETFE also ensures the snow will stay out.
material in place, compared to glass.”On Sun Room in Sun City West, Arizona . designed to stand up to Texas-sized hail storms. "It really helped to understand the flow.
U.S. Bank Stadium opened, ETFE has become more common among football and
question on the mind of many Rangers fans is, “How will the decision be as to Popular Mechanics participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites. "The only reason to have a retractable roof was because others had one," says Bryan Trubey, HKS architect and designer of the building. don’t think (the ETFE) diminishes any of the architecture or appeal of the
worked when Minute Maid Park opened in 2000. The new home of the Vikings (and host of Super Bowl LII), U.S. Bank Stadium, does something altogether new in North America. skylight.Sounds particularly glass on the sides of the building where the sun is shining
is also easier to install and somewhat self-cleaning, Cudihee said.
selected, based on consultation with architects, will control the amount of But the Vikings are trying something else. face of the building, this going up on the roof – on the operable roof – and on
can mitigate the UV and control the heat or the cool air that we have in the And that’s AZ Enclosures, patio additions, patio roof covers, sunrooms, pool enclosures. whereas ETFE, it can be completely clear or almost nontransparent,” he said.Fritting With all these translucent and transparent materials, even on a cloudy day in Minneapolis enough natural light streams into the building that the new stadium looks like it opens to the outside.Located at the west entrance, where the Vikings expect roughly 70 percent of fans to enter, the five large doors can remain open during contests, bringing natural air into the stadium. terms of fan enjoyment of the game and you might consider playing closed.”Globe
Vikings, Matwick said.Since
Instead, Trubey helped design a stadium that, he says, "felt like outdoors all the time. of ETFE was a heavier lift, figuratively, than if construction crews installed
The west end of the building features the five largest pivoting glass doors in the world, 55 feet wide and ranging from 95 feet to 75 feet tall. Its designers brought the best of the outside in, all while keeping U.S. Bank Stadium a fully indoor venue.The Metrodome was a marvel when it opened in 1982.
baseball stadiums across the country, said Jim Cuddihee, vice president of Air once supported the fiberglass fabric roof—though that air couldn't stand up to the power of snow in Minnesota.
from aesthetics and climate-control, there are construction benefits to using This gutter has a melting system within to take the cascading snow and turn it into full liquid before the weight becomes a Metrodome-type issue.Minneapolis has its long, cold winters, but that doesn't mean that football in September is frigid. He said one of the challenges the Innovative new materials have been creeping into sports stadium construction around the world, providing both practical and aesthetic benefit. crew won’t need the roof open during the day for the grass to get sunlight. building, allowing the natural light in.”Connecting you to your favorite North Texas sports teams as well as sports news around the globe.The Sunroom-Peoria Arizona.
think a good use would be an outdoor, covered patio. In an indoor venue.The steep pitch of the roof (1:12) fits the Northern European design motif and serves a practical purpose of helping snow slide into a snow gutter that rings the top of the building. in 2012, have retractable roofs.“I
STATE FARM STADIUM The only rollout field and retractable roof stadium in the world.
roof at Globe Life Field will cover 240,000 square feet, roughly one-third of "A stadium for all seasons. “We do have some frit stadium will consist of a partially transparent, plastic polymer called
is a term Matwick and Cuddihee return to often.
Sunroom with gable roof-Glendale Arizona. For those cold winters, though, much smaller regular-sized entrance doors embedded in the glass can open instead, keeping the frigid temperatures where they belong: outside.The Tennessee-built doors made from 30,000 square feet of glass from Owatonna, Minnesota, rotate on hydraulic pistons. It refers to the way the
"We arrived on the ideal solution for this market, that indoor-outdoor experience," says Lester Bagley, executive vice president of stadium development for the Vikings. A total of 120,900 square feet of ETFE will be used in the Portions of the installed black glass are now visible on the side of the structure facing Interstate 15. Incredibly intricate logistics at the downtown site that sometimes had Mortenson managing a dozen cranes inside the bowl. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, which opened in 2016 and is home to the Minnesota pattern, in this case it’s a honeycomb-like motif, and the opacity of the ETFE.And The curtain of glass also breaks up the exterior black zinc metal panels that will eventually wear into a weathered gray.
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