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Metrodome Roof Collapses Due to Blizzard

The Metrodome, home to the Minneapolis Vikings, is known for being able to handle massive amounts of snow.  However, this weekend's blizzard in the Midwest may actually be too much even for the Metrodome!   According to KARE-TV and ESPN, the roof of the Metrodome has collapsed due to heavy snow and winds.

The collapsed reportedly happened around 5 a.m. Sunday morning.  The teflon roof is an inflatable roof which covers the Mall of America field during inclement weather.

According to Roy Terwilliger, chair of the Metropolitan Facilities Commission, there are an unknown number of tears in the roof.  One of those tears is in the middle of the roof and allowed some snow and ice to spill onto the playing field.

A KARE-TV photographer, reporting from the scene, says the dome caved in so that it was not visible from ground level.  Usually, you can see the dome of the roof from the outside, as seen in the photo below.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/metrodome-collapses-blizzard_2010-12-12

OH MY GOD!  Snow and ice on the playing field?  How can those football players possibly play in those conditions!

Oh yeah.  The Packers and Bears and Jets and Giants and Patriots and Eagles and Redskins and Browns and Steelers and Ravens and Bills and Bengals and other teams play in those conditions all the time!

Adds dimension to the game, like planting lamdmines.
Football needs something, whats wrong with an obstacle or two.
Maybe let the spectators bring water balloons. ::) ;D

Aside from the question of playing conditions, another thought came to my mind...

If I was designing a domed stadium to be built in Minne-freakin'-apolis, I believe I'd throw in a little extra load capacity for the roof, you know, just in case it would happen to SNOW or something.  :P

Quote from: tbone0106 on December 12, 2010, 10:26:41 AM
Aside from the question of playing conditions, another thought came to my mind...

If I was designing a domed stadium to be built in Minne-freakin'-apolis, I believe I'd throw in a little extra load capacity for the roof, you know, just in case it would happen to SNOW or something.  :P

I see stuff like this happen all the time here in the Sierra.
Buildings get engineered to handle 30' of snow on their roof, but they never seem to consider blowing snow.
One side of the building will have 3' while the other has 30', and they wonder why the roof collapsed.

I have a friend that has a cabin that had so much snow on it, that it now leans 5' at the roof, like the leaning tower of Pizza.
Nature loves embarrassing man. ;D

Quote from: Solar on December 12, 2010, 09:55:33 AM
Adds dimension to the game, like planting lamdmines.
Football needs something, whats wrong with an obstacle or two.
Maybe let the spectators bring water balloons. ::) ;D

You ain't been to a game at Cleveland Stadium, have you? Those freaks in the Dawg Pound have been known to pull the D cells out of their boom boxes and zing 'em at the players. Ouch! They're also fond of iceballs.

I'll never forget Sam Wyche's most famous speech as head coach of the Bengals -- what a classy guy! On an occasion during a Seattle at Cincinnati game when the crowd got a bit rowdy after a bad penalty call, Sam grabbed the PA mike and said, "The next person you see that throws something, point 'em out! You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!" The crowd settled right down.  8)

Here's the video of Sam's little speech.

Sam Wyche "You don't live in Cleveland" speech

Quote from: tbone0106 on December 12, 2010, 10:42:21 AM
You ain't been to a game at Cleveland Stadium, have you? Those freaks in the Dawg Pound have been known to pull the D cells out of their boom boxes and zing 'em at the players. Ouch! They're also fond of iceballs.

I'll never forget Sam Wyche's most famous speech as head coach of the Bengals -- what a classy guy! On an occasion during a Seattle at Cincinnati game when the crowd got a bit rowdy after a bad penalty call, Sam grabbed the PA mike and said, "The next person you see that throws something, point 'em out! You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!" The crowd settled right down.  8)

Oh yeah, I remember that speech really well.  The HATED Cincinnati Ben-gals.

Went to a playoff game in the old Cleveland Stadium in 1987, Browns (the great Bernie Kosar Browns) versus Colts (the Eric Dickerson Colts).  Wind chill about 20 degrees below zero.  Me and a bunch of buddies from work were in the end zone (the closed end, not the Dawg Pound end).  Coldest weather I've ever been in, but the liquor we smuggled in kept us pretty warm.  Browns won.  I remember the tickets were $25.00 each, which is a BARGAIN nowadays. 

We were under the roof below the upper deck, and in front of us, not under the roof, were the contingent of Colts fans.  During the WHOLE game, those poor Colts fans were pelted with a steady stream of beer, food, paper, and God knows what else, raining down from the upper deck.  Those were the days, back when the Browns had a GOOD team!  ;D

The new Browns stadium is beautiful.  Went to a game there in the inaugural year of the "new" Browns.  Maybe someday they'll get a team that befits the stadium.

I saw the time lapsed video of the collapse during the Steelers game. Pretty cool.

Quote from: tbone0106 on December 12, 2010, 10:42:21 AM
You ain't been to a game at Cleveland Stadium, have you? Those freaks in the Dawg Pound have been known to pull the D cells out of their boom boxes and zing 'em at the players. Ouch! They're also fond of iceballs.

I'll never forget Sam Wyche's most famous speech as head coach of the Bengals -- what a classy guy! On an occasion during a Seattle at Cincinnati game when the crowd got a bit rowdy after a bad penalty call, Sam grabbed the PA mike and said, "The next person you see that throws something, point 'em out! You don't live in Cleveland, you live in Cincinnati!" The crowd settled right down.  8)

I Remember the game very well Chuck Knox was our Coach Curt Warner was our running back and The Great Steve Largent [Yes the conservative Member of Congress from OK] Was our WR. Then we had a QB
Named Dave Krieg who was either hot or cold no in between Seattle won that game by something like 24-17 I know it was by one Touchdown   

Quote from: REDWHITEBLUE2 on December 12, 2010, 12:55:52 PM
I Remember the game very well Chuck Knox was our Coach Curt Warner was our running back and The Great Steve Largent [Yes the conservative Member of Congress from OK] Was our WR. Then we had a QB
Named Dave Krieg who was either hot or cold no in between Seattle won that game by something like 24-17 I know it was by one Touchdown

Now thats going back a year or two. LOL
I remember them days big time.  
Back then we could have game boards.  @ a $ a pop. 
But then there was also 50$ a pop board, but no one talked about them as they were a no no.