Super Bowl Stadium Roof Open Or Closed

The roof will then close.

Super bowl stadium roof open or closed.

The atlanta journal constitution reports the falcons team president and ceo says they will keep the roof open if game time temps are forecast to stay above 52 or 53 degrees. The roof of atlanta s mercedes benz stadium will be open for some of the super bowl festivities but closed for the game itself the nfl announced after several days of speculation. Nfl officials said on tuesday that they hope to have the roof of the massive. I think it s more likely that we re closed peter o reilly the nfl s top super bowl official said given that the reality is even if the temperature is high enough to open the roof during the.

At this point the nfl says it plans to keep the retractable roof open at the stadium for the feb. 1 championship game between the seattle seahawks and new england patriots. That has raised the possibility of incorporating a roof opening closing into the pregame. Tim tucker the atlanta journal constitution mercedes benz stadium s retractable roof was closed for the super bowl but the famous roof did get a role in the pregame show.

A large open air canopy was added to provide shade to fans and athletes below during the 350 million renovation project that began in 2015. The roof will be closed during on field warm ups and then open for pregame festivities including the national anthem featuring a flyover from the air force thunderbirds. In 2010 the nfl threatened to keep the stadium from future super bowl consideration unless major renovations including a roof were completed. The stadium gates will open 4 1 2 hours before kickoff stretching game day far beyond the game itself.