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Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis January 27, How many NFL stadiums have domes? Is Mile High Stadium field heated? If a municipality wants the stadium for use in concerts, rodeos or other year-round events, a closed building is the way to go. Purists who see football as an outdoor game may be mollified by the open-stadium option of a retractable roof.
MetLife Stadium was originally envisioned as a retractable-roof stadium, but the owners of the New York Giants and New York Jets, who share the facility, balked at the cost, according to a report about the stadium. With two teams playing on the field, the stadium gets more football-related use than many NFL facilities, noted Lee Slade, a senior principal at Walter P.
As for why more southern climes spring for enclosed facilities, the difference may be weather. As much as fans are grumbling about needing to bundle up for this year's Super Bowl , it's easier to pile on the down coats in winter weather than to stay cool in high heat, humidity and sunshine.
Labor costs in New Jersey would likely drive the price of building a roofed stadium beyond even what it would be in the South, Waggoner said. And designing for snow requires more steel which means more cash , as the weight of a snowfall can double the load a stadium roof needs to support. In the future, retractable, multi-use stadiums will probably become more and more popular, Waggoner said.
But engineers may experiment with moving walls and other designs, especially because artificial turf has removed the need for direct sunlight on the playing field.
And, with many teams recently switching cities, a few more new builds are in the works. The new Inglewood stadium being built for the Rams and Chargers will have a retractable roof. The new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas is being built with a dome. While roofs seem to win in recent years, every football fan knows football was meant to be played outdoors. Since its beginning, the sport has been played in the rain, snow, and mud.
While dome teams have struggled in the postseason, particularly on the road, closed-roof venues appear to serve players in an interesting way. Looking at quarterbacks whose home stadiums were domes, most saw a noticeable increase in passing production on an enclosed field. Matthew Stafford — who called Ford Field home for 12 seasons — completed When he competed at an open stadium, his completion percentage dipped to His quarterback rating also went from Drew Brees, the all-time leader in passes completed 7, and single-season leader in completion percentage Brees' completion percentage was Drew Brees, who spent 15 years with the Saints and led them to a Super Bowl championship in , walks away with 80, yards passing over his career, the most in NFL history.
Although these quarterbacks were more accurate under a closed roof, their teams did not necessarily see an uptick in overall performance or a boost in the win column. The reason may be that other quarterbacks who played home games in open venues also improved statistically when visiting a dome. Tom Brady has spent his year career with the New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers both outdoor-stadium franchises , but his completion percentage inside a dome is nearly five percentage points higher, compared to outside
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