Viking Stadium Roof Fall

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Viking stadium roof fall. Wcco cbs minnesota 12 835 views. The most striking feature on the iconic u s. Property of the nfl and fox. A construction worker died and another was injured wednesday morning after a fall while working on the roof of the vikings new stadium in minneapolis according to the minneapolis star tribune.

The roof that sits over the 1 75 million square foot stadium is one of the lightest stadium roofs in the world despite its snow load requirements. Bank stadium in downtown minneapolis is something you look right through literally. The death of a construction worker atop the minnesota vikings new stadium occurred after he slid down a roof broke through a guardrail and fell to an elevated platform below according to a. Instead of a 1990s style retractable roof which most nfl.

It is the first fixed roof stadium built in the nfl since ford field in detroit which opened in 2002. Fatal fall at vikings stadium construction site at the time of the accident the two roofers were performing a fairly conventional installation wood said. Snow caused the metrodome s roof to collapse just before the vikings game. Minneapolis kmsp one roof worker was killed and a second worker is in serious condition after a fall at the new minnesota vikings stadium construction site mortenson construction confirmed.

Metrodome roof collapses after snowstorm duration. A look at the vikings stadium s space age roof duration. Vikings stadium roof accident kills one worker injures another one construction worker was killed and another is in serious condition after falling during work on the roof of the new minnesota.