Football Stadiums Have Retractable Roofs

While other stadiums had previously been built with removable tops a la montreal s olympic stadium the skydome was the first to have a fully retractable roof.

Football stadiums have retractable roofs.

The roof although the field is retractable the roof is not. Instead there are large monitors spread around the perimeter of the stands. Domed or retractable roof scheduled opening tenant s notes 1. Doesn t the millennium stadium have a roof.

We ve taken a close look at roofs and stadiums to find out what the score is and it s fascinating stuff. Yet the nearly four year old venue lacks the iconic elements found at acclaimed buildings elsewhere the gigantic scoreboard of the dallas cowboys at t stadium the retractable roof of the indianapolis colts lucas oil stadium the spectacular views of the san francisco giants at t park. The chart adds figures from the other three retractable roof stadiums in the nfl. Unlike many other modern football structures allegiant stadium does not have a video board hanging down from its roof.

Yes cardiff s millennium stadium has one but it s certainly the exception. In all there have been 216 regular season games in stadiums that currently have retractable roofs where the. Existing stadiums with the addition of a retractable roof. Defunct retractable roof.

Existing stadium with the addition of a retractable roof. Metlife stadium is one of the most expensive football stadiums ever built. This is a list of sports venues that allow for both indoor and outdoor sporting events because they have a retractable roof. In fact it s actually the second largest capacity stadium in the world with a fully retractable roof.

This category has the following 5 subcategories out of 5 total. Jump to navigation jump to search. Skydome toronto the home of the blue jays of major league baseball mlb was opened in 1989 and began the era of retractable roof stadiums.