How Many Times Has The Metrodome Roof Collapse

By kim smiley at about 5 am in the morning on sunday december 12 2010 the roof of the metrodome collapsed under the weight of snow accumulated during the heaviest snow storm in almost two decades.

How many times has the metrodome roof collapse.

The other two times were in 1982 and 1983. The game would have likely been postponed in any case however. The stadium had grown old by that year. The teflon and fiberglass roof collapsing makes a ripping noise as air shoots into the stadium sending the roof plummeting toward the stadium seats.

It collapsed four times in the 1980s and had to be re inflated despite being built in the same decade. The giants vikings game has finally found a home. The metrodome s roof went more than 20 years after without any issues. The second was on august 2 2007 the day after the i 35w mississippi river bridge had collapsed a few blocks away from the metrodome.

Of course this isn t the first time the metrodome s roof has collapsed. That s right the 28 year old metrodome stadium home of the vikings and twins has seen its roof collapse five times. The metrodome roof also fell down in 1981 before it opened. Continue reading metrodome collapsed.

This is the fourth time birdair has had to deal with a collapse of the roof. The roof which was made of fiberglass and fabric was supported by air pressure. The metrodome s roof collapsed four times in the 1980s. An april 1983 storm of wet heavy snow deflated it and prompted a repair that took four days.

The metrodome opened in 1982. It has collapsed 4 times including today 12 12 2010. The first collapse of the teflon and fiberglass fabric dome roof at the. According to the christian science monitor the first collapse came in 1981 due to heavy snow.

The contest which was canceled when the roof of the metrodome in minneapolis collapsed sunday morning from snow will be played monday night in. The dome collapsed in. Three of the four previous roof collapses in 1981 1982 and 1983 have been attributed to snow while the fourth failure in 1986 was due to strong winds. It also happened in 1983 and was fixed after four days according to liz collins a correspondent for cbs station wcco in.

In fact the december 12 2010 roof collapse marks the fifth time in the metrodome s history the domed roof has failed.