Vikings New Stadium Roof And Birds

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Vikings new stadium roof and birds.

One of the more distinguishing features of the new vikings stadium set to open in 2016 is the huge glass exterior. The new vikings stadium will resemble in many respects a gigantic terrarium with plenty of glass under which humans will be potentially baking. Bryan lenz november 08 2019. Bank stadium is an enclosed stadium in minneapolis minnesota united states built on the former site of the hubert h.

Window collisions are. But birds who are stupid would not call that a selling point. Activists concerned about the effect the minnesota vikings new stadium will have on migratory birds say a proposed skyway for the stadium will also be dangerous reports the star tribune. Each year in the united states window collisions kill up to 1 billion birds.

Minnesota vikings stadium is bad for birds but it s not too late for a solution. Humphrey metrodome the indoor stadium opened in 2016 and is the home of the minnesota vikings nfl. The minnesota vikings new football stadium with its sharply tapering facade glowing plastic roof humongous hinged doors and glimmering glass walls is a beautiful example of contemporary. It also hosts early season college baseball games of the university of minnesota golden gophers.

Minnesota vikings fans are ecstatic about their new football stadium which is slated to open in 2016. The new vikings stadium with all its glass and the world s largest transparent ethylene tetraflouroethylene etfe roof is designed to give spectators the feeling of being outdoors while still enjoying a climate controlled environment. The high tech plastic roof on the new minnesota vikings stadium looks like something from a household kitchen a wobbly paper thin surface that could be used as a cutting board. Birds flying close to the new stadium are unable to tell the difference between what is glass and what is the great blue yonder causing them to fly beak first into the arena s walls.

While this is a massive source of human caused bird mortality trailing only free roaming cats and habitat loss there is good news. But there are some minnesota residents namely those with feathers and wings who may.