Falson Stadium Roof

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Falson stadium roof. Each of the four main trusses rise 72 feet from the floor. The roof takes about 8 minutes and ten seconds to open completely. As the design for the new atlanta falcons stadium evolves view a series of realistic animations depicting the roof opening and the look and feel inside the stadium during three different types of. A timelapse video shows the mercedez benz stadium open in atlanta.

Mercedes benz stadium roof is finished the greatest roof in sports is finished. Atlanta s very own world class sports and entertainment facility. The stadium is owned by the state government of georgia through the georgia world congress center. More than once falcons owner arthur blank has called it the most complicated roof design in the history of the world a trip to the roof of mercedes benz stadium 2.

The roof required 1 8 million pounds of trusses over 21 000 tons of steel and the world s largest movable crane to put it all together. Official stadium of the nfl atlanta falcons and mls atlanta united. All of the stadium s structural steel is in place now including 18 000 tons in the fixed roof 4 000 tons in the retractable portion 4 000 tons in the skin of the building and 580 tons.