Tearing into the Metrodome: Are Other Air-Pressurized Stadiums Unsafe and Outmoded?
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 15:31
in Earth & Climate
With a roof made of fabric similar to that used in trampolines, it's not hard to envision why 43 centimeters of snow tore through Minneapolis's Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome last month. What is perhaps harder to imagine is why anyone would consider keeping in place an inflatable domed stadium that most engineers agree is antiquated. Forensic investigators and engineers are still studying the December 12 accident, although it is unclear whether any federal agencies have been summoned to investigate. Under pressure, few inflatable stadiums [More]