The Toronto SkyDome, Canada
Auteur(s): |
C. M. Allen
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Médium: | article de revue |
Langue(s): | anglais |
Publié dans: | Structural Engineering International, novembre 1991, n. 4, v. 1 |
Page(s): | 6-8 |
DOI: | 10.2749/101686691780617193 |
Abstrait: |
The Toronto SkyDome is the world's first major league, multi-purpose stadium featuring a fully retractable rigid-steel roof to serve as a fully open air stadium in good weather and a heated or air-conditioned indoor facility in variable weather. It has a capacity of 54,000 seat designed as a multi-purpose sports and entertainment complex. The retractable roof employs a unique system of three moveable roof panels with two modes of movement, resulting in a compact nesting of roof panels in the open position, exposing 91% of the seats to the open sky without casting shadows on either the seats or field. The roof opens in 20 minutes in winds of up to 65 km/h and has successfully opened and closed over 200 times since completion of its construction. |