Stadium build thread

[Eli]

Expandable to 73,000 seats for a Super Bowl.

[Eli]

I wonder if the people sitting in the sun will roast, like at a baseball game.

[HardcoreVikesFan]

Well, the stadium is... interesting. I am not really a big fan of the half glass. Oh well, it will just be something that will have to grow on me.

[King James]

I think the seats are expandable for big events like super bowls. The design is unique. Very unique. I don't like how it looks on the outside but the inside looks very nice. Again I love how they're making a portion of the roof out of glass to bring in the sunlight. Instead of wasting money on a retractable roof that would probably never get used that much because of the cold minnesota climate. And I think there's a rule that the temperature has to be a certain degree in order for the NFL to allow a stadium with a retractable roof to have their roof opened.

[The Breeze]

that's fugly on the outside. looks like a damn greenhouse inside....but i like having the natural light, so I guess it makes sense for it to look like a greenhouse.

Just win games.

[J. Kapp 11]

Yeah, why did they even compare them? I guess the internal layout is similar. but this just looks silly. Maybe if they added a few more angles to it? Maybe slap a trapezoid on that rhombus? And needs another side. Looks like it has about 27 walls. WTFmess.

You don't like it?

Wow. I'm shocked.

[OJVIKE]

found there alternet plan/design....

[Eli]

found there alternet plan/design....

Yeah, but I'm sure that design was rejected early on. Doesn't look like there's seating for more than forty or fifty people in there.

[Eli]

Do any of those glass windows open? If so that was a neat way to work around springing for the retractable roof that would rarely be open anyway.

In the roof? No.

The big glass doors open. I don't really know why, as I'm sure they'll have the heat or A/C on 11 months out of the year.

[dead_poet]

Zulgad: For Vikings' stadium roof, 'clear is the new retractable'

They also cheered when Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said his team had the best fans in the NFL and as local officials and politicians, including Gov. Mark Dayton and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, patted themselves and each other on the back for getting the stadium approved.

If their vision for how the stadium and the surrounding area works out, they might be justified in taking their bows.

In essence, the hope is to recreate the success of Target Field on the other side of downtown with a stadium that will be capable of hosting far more events -- owners Zygi and Mark Wilf still very much want a Major League Soccer team, too -- and also will feature entertainment around it.

That, of course, never really has been the case around the Metrodome, which has Hubert's Bar and Restaurant right next door and not much else.

"We want people to come early and stay late," Mark Wilf said.

In other words, the Vikings want to provide an experience that never has been possible with their current stadium.

Full post: http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Zulg ... able051313

[hibbingviking]

looks like the crystal cathedral hopefully it will be extremely load and teams will have a hard time seeing the football against the retractable roof.

[dead_poet]

Just read on vikings.com that the scoreboards are the "highest quality in the NFL." So, you know, there's that.

[hibbingviking]

don't throw rocks !
love the design. but it looks kind of small imo. I guess not everything can be like the mall of America.

[HornedMessiah]

imo....this is a failure.

Failure? Hardly. Not getting a stadium deal done and the Vikings moving to LA would have been a failure. Renewing the lease at the Metrodump and playing there for more years would have been a failure. Would you have preferred that? Failure...hah

[King James]

don't throw rocks !
love the design. but it looks kind of small imo. I guess not everything can be like the mall of America.

If the Vikings would have got the deal in Arden Hills, the stadium would have been bigger. And Im guessing it's only this size is because they wanna have more room for tailgating. Oh and that glass wont break. That glass is not like the type of glass you see in our homes, cars, and churches. In today's world they can make glass that doesn't break as easily.