First Stadium With A Roof

The coolest looking nfl stadium out there is getting its debut on monday night.

First stadium with a roof.

It was the first stadium with a fully retractable roof creating the best of both weather worlds for the cfl s argonauts. The two sided video board center hung from the stadium s roof weighs more than two million pounds. The stadium s roof is not retractable though its semi translucence allows natural light to illuminate the field during day games. In june 1989 toronto unveiled the skydome to much pomp and circumstance.

The university of phoenix stadium home of the arizona cardinals was the first nfl venue to sport a retractable natural grass field meaning it slides into the stadium in time for the game and. The first phase of syracuse university s multi year 118 million stadium project unveiled in 2018 was completed this week this marks a new era for syracuse university the department of athletics and the many students faculty staff and community members who have come to consider the loud house the home of their sports world. The new sofi stadium includes a roof canopy that covers the 70 000 seat venue but. There are also four lanai doors along the sides of the stadium.

Constructed in 1961 for the pittsburgh civic light opera the arena was home to minor league and ncaa d 1 basketball and ice hockey teams before becoming the home of the nhl s pittsburgh penguins in 1967 as well as hosting over a dozen regular season nba games in the 1960s and 1970s. Sports stadiums were built to host international competition and to reflect the country s strength glory and prestige. Some stadiums have partial roofs and a few have even been designed to have moveable fields as part of the infrastructure. The first stadium was built in greece where the olympic games were conducted.

That s about 800 000 pounds heavier than the dallas cowboys video board at at t stadium. Hks was the first to place a true arena style center hung videoboard inside an nfl venue on a mega scale in at. The astrodome in houston texas in its day was a marvelous reflection of houston commercial roofing.