The giant inflatable roof above the minneapolis metrodome collapsed on sunday under the weight of a massive snowstorm that swept across the upper midwest.
Snow roof collapse stadium.
Property of the nfl and fox.
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.
The metrodome s roof collapsed four times in the 1980s.
The roof of the pontiac silverdome collapsed monday under the weight of an overnight snowfall sending three detroit lions players james jones gary danielson and eric hipple scurrying for cover.
Snow caused the metrodome s roof to collapse just before the vikings game.
Snow began to pile throughout the night and at 5 a m.
On december 12 at about 5 00 a m the roof had a catastrophic collapse as three panels tore open.
According to the christian science monitor the first collapse came in 1981 due to heavy snow.
The national football league has been forced to move.
The 580 000lbsroof which is made of.
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.
The inflatable roof of the metrodome sports stadium in the us mid western city of minneapolis collapsed on sunday after snowfall of 17in 43cm.
The game originally scheduled for minneapolis sunday was canceled when the roof of the metrodome collapsed.
The giants landed in the motor city sunday to play the minnesota vikings monday night.
Conventional air pressurized stadiums such as the metrodome whose inflatable roof collapsed under the weight of snow in december are rare in the u s and may be accidents waiting to happen by.