Metrodome Facts

The following statistics are from the Metrodome publications Metrodome Fact Sheet and The Amazing Metrodome.

• Highest point: 195 feet above the playing field
• Total enclosed volume: 60 million cubic feet
• Largest playing field area: 142,515 square feet
• Stadium Area: 415,000 square feet
• Roof weight: 290 tons
• Roof exterior: 10 acres of teflon-coated fiberglass, 1/16th of an inch thick
• Roof interior: woven fiberglass, 1/32nd of an inch thick
• Roof support: 20 electric fans, 90 horsepower each
• It takes 250,000 cubic feet of air per minute to keep the roof inflated.

• Construction material:
  • 40,000 cubic yards of concrete
  • 11,900 tons of reinforced steel
  • 500 tons of structural steel

 
Figure: Diagram of the Metrodome (from the brochure Welcome to the Metrodome). The x-axis points up in this figure.