CaliforniaCheez
14 years ago
They literally are shooting out remaining panels with a shotgun!!

Shooting out the Dome 

Engineers at the Metrodome in Minneapolis used a shotgun Monday afternoon to rupture a roof panel that was under stress from accumulated ice.

By using a precision shot, the engineers caused the panel to fail in an area away from the clamps that hold the tarp to the roof's frame, said Pat Milan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. That makes repairs easier.

The panel became to fifth to break after a 17-inch snowstorm hit the Twin Cities the weekend of Dec. 11.

"Engineers have told the staff that there are several additional panels in the red zone ... still a risk, and they'll make a decision on whether to purposely rupture more panels," Milan said.

Crews had fashioned the patches from the inner liner of the roof, which is Teflon-coated Fiberglas the same as the exterior layer.
The patches don't allow the Dome to be inflated, but they had kept heat in the Dome to help melt the snow. Much of the snow that's been melted off the roof in recent days has drained onto the Dome's field.

"But we still have an accumulation of water up there on some panels," Lester said.

By the end of the week, Dome officials hope to have a better idea of how long the repairs will take, he said.

Before you get done laughing at the vikings, their final home game against the Bears was played at TCF Stadium of the Gophers. The stadium has a capacity of around 51,000.

After allowing college students free admission, the official attendance for the final home game against the division rival Bears on MNF was 40,504.

They have to move the franchise with attendance figures like that. Playing at Ford Field and TCF sure must have helped their league low in revenue.


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Pack93z
14 years ago
It just gets more and more fitting with the 2010 Viking story..

What started with the shooting of a Armadillo in MS to shooting out the roof the the MetroDump with a shotgun.

It has been a downhill slide almost the entire way.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"
Nonstopdrivel
14 years ago
They're hiring engineers to do that? Why don't they just ask some gangstas. They'd probably be willing to do it for free.
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Zero2Cool
14 years ago

They're hiring engineers to do that? Why don't they just ask some gangstas. They'd probably be willing to do it for free.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:



Because there's so many gangsta's toting a shotty.
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Wade
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14 years ago
"precision shot", "shotgun"...do these things go together?
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istanbulpacker
14 years ago

"precision shot", "shotgun"...do these things go together?

"Wade" wrote:

My first thoughts exactly
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