The Minnesota Vikings unveiled plans for their new stadium this past week and the nearly $1 billion building will have a host of new features and upgrades over their old stadium in the Metrodome, including energy efficient components and a translucent roof to keep some element of the outdoors involved.
The team showed off the plans for the stadium and gave fans a look at some of the new features, including the special rook, moveable front windows, fantasy football lounges with results from the days games, as well as two new giants scoreboards. The $975 million stadium is being built by Dallas-based HKS Sports and Entertainment Group and will open in 2016 while the Vikings will play at University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium over the next two years while they wait for it to be built.
The 60,000-plus stadium will have a number of glass areas to allow for natural light, while the roof will be made with ETFE, ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, and it will also use solar power to make it more energy efficient, taking the cue from the 49ers who did the same with their new stadium. The team owners originally wanted another open air stadium like back in the day, but to keep it in use for other events and to use public money, they had no choice but to make the stadium enclosed and now it can be used for many other events and the team also has applied for a future Super bowl.