Did The Three Little Pigs Build The Metrodome?

[Golokhov]

By now, we've all seen this video:



I just have to say, for a stadium that costs whatever - in the hundreds of millions - is this not the cheapest f*ckin' roof you have ever seen? Seriously, I haven't studied architecture, but who in their right mind puts a teflon roof over a structure this big?

You can't even camp in the Metrodome as the big bad wolf can blow this thing over without even huffing and puffing.

Did they build the walls outside of this thing and then think: "Man, we're out of money and we still have to do the roof. Alright - we can either do a straw roof or we throw a tarp on it, nobody will know the difference."

The Superdome went through Hurricane Katrina and still stood tall. Can you imagine the Metrodome in Hurricane Katrina? That thing would roll over onto the free way.

I just can't believe that a bunch of snow caved in the roof - never mind how much snow, but I thought that technology has advanced to the point where snow isn't messing with roofs anymore. I guess I was wrong.

Honestly, if you were setting a line on snow versus a stadium roof, the roof would be at least -1500. We're talking like Federer in the first round of Wimbledon-odds. Or maybe more like the Los Angeles Lakers hosting the Bakersfield Jam, who are on a third in four nights.There's no way that a grouping of snowflakes are getting through the roof of a multi-million dollar edifice, right? You can tell I'm livid when I use words like 'edifice'.

But the Metrodome roof is softer than the Houston Texans secondary. I mean, come on, snow? Really? The f*ck happens if a couple of birds land on the roof? Or some hard rain - does it start to shake? Isn't that place supposed to be the loudest in the NFL? When they say "this place is so loud that the roof might cave in", in Minnesota, they aren't kidding.

The guy who built this thing should be more ashamed of himself than that New York Jets conditioning coach who tripped that Dolphins player on the sideline yesterday. C'mon son.

Go hide. Whoever had snow +1200, congratulations.

[Powderguy]

I laughed at some of your comparisons, funny shit

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[pavyracer]

I think the person who wrote the first post has no understanding of the economics required to complete any construction project and it is very sad. The technology to build is there and is not an engineering fault. The problem is the financials are not in place to build a stadium that can be an engineering marvel. As you can see in the Gulf where money is not an issue engineers have managed to build incredible structures in complexity and height. But when there are budget constrains they have to come up with the most effective way to reduce costs. So before you start blaming the engineers put yourselfs in the shoes of the owners who don't want to spend additional money on the construction project.

[stealthyburrito]

love it

[doublej95]

Yeah the Superdome stood tall after Kitrina. holes in the roof, building flooded, no football played in the dome in 05 cause they had to repair and renovate the dome. They actually thought of tearing down the dome but elected to do the repairs instead.

[Golokhov]

Yeah the Superdome stood tall after Kitrina. holes in the roof, building flooded, no football played in the dome in 05 cause they had to repair and renovate the dome. They actually thought of tearing down the dome but elected to do the repairs instead.

Fair point, but the Superdome needed to close after one of the biggest natural disaster in American history. The Metrodome couldn't handle a big snow fall.

And to pavyracer, no disrespect if you are an engineer, but seriously, if you're building a property of any type that can't handle weather, and that property is built in a climate that needs to handle the elements, somebody needs wave a red flag. That is a monumental mistake.

[pavyracer]

To build a roof with steel trusses and purlins like they did for for new Cowboys stadium it would have been cost prohibitive for a municipal stadium like the Metrodome in the early 80's. This is what you don't understand. The economics of building a stadium. The engineers can build you the strongest stadium in the world which can withstand earthquakes, hurricanes, big blizzards. But at the cost of 3 billions the economics are not there to support it. So the people of Minnessota chose to build the cheapest roof at the time being with a smaller life expectancy. If you want to blame someone blame the taxpayers who didn't approve a more expensive but long lasting roof but don't blame the engineers who were given the least amount of money to design the cheapest roof available based on given budget.

[tltaylor89]

Imagine if people were in there during the game you are looking at about 15-20 trampling deaths.

[pavyracer]

Imagine if people were in there during the game you are looking at about 15-20 trampling deaths.

The snow fell in the middle of the field. And falling snow doesn't kill people who wear helmets and pads and are trained to get hit by freight trains for a living.

[McBa1n]

Very funny OP. The humpty dump going down this weekend gives the Vikings organization a lot more ammo to get a new stadium done. I know there is no money to make it happen in the legislature and is unlikely to get done with the incoming Republican Governor. Maybe this will help get a stadium done in LA so the Queens have a place to go to.

It's just shocking that U of Minnesota got a new stadium as have the Twins... BEFORE the Queens? That seems silly to me.