Metrodome roof collapses under snow

[MartyMcFly3]

Another video of the roof collapsing

 

[techs]

Metrodome officials put out an urgent call for public donations to patch the roof:

 

[imported_Champ]

I guess this is what you call a rebuilding year!

Zing!

 

[shortylickens]

From CNN:

The game, previously scheduled to be held Sunday, will now take place Monday at 6:20 p.m. (7:20 p.m. ET) at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, the NFL said in a statement Sunday.

I betcha 5 bucks something aweful happens before the game.

 

[rcpratt]

I betcha 5 bucks something aweful happens before the game.

You're going to have to be a little more specific.

 

[techs]

I betcha 5 bucks something aweful happens before the game.

They're already in Detroit. You mean something else awful will happen?

 

[shortylickens]

They're already in Detroit. You mean something else awful will happen?

:awe:

You have just won the forums tonight. As nothing better will come of it, I shall now leave to sleep well and nef again another day.

 

[Indolent]

Not enough seating, Giants didn't bring their outside gear with them.

The official reason they were quoting on the news is that they wouldn't be able to have the stadium ready in time.

 

[Squisher]

When I was at a Lions game at the Silverdome, before the game we watched the shadow go across the top of a small garden tractor with four people walking along side of it. I later found out that they used the tractor to clean the dome and remove snow in the winter. The one time the roof collapsed at the Silverdome they couldn't get the snow off fast enough. Most people wouldn't believe that the inflated dome would support the weight of a tractor.

 

[Regs]

WTF is the roof made of, cotton?

 

[ussfletcher]

When I was at a Lions game at the Silverdome, before the game we watched the shadow go across the top of a small garden tractor with four people walking along side of it. I later found out that they used the tractor to clean the dome and remove snow in the winter. The one time the roof collapsed at the Silverdome they couldn't get the snow off fast enough. Most people wouldn't believe that the inflated dome would support the weight of a tractor.

Man I bet that guy driving the tractor was freaked out the first time he had to do it.

 

[BurnItDwn]

One would think that in Minnesota, they would design a structure that could handle snow.... Ohh well, I don't give a crap about their game.