Miami Dolphins New Stadium Roof

Built primarily for football in the fall the roughly 75 000 capacity stadium has hosted some of the most exciting games in professional and collegiate sports.

Miami dolphins new stadium roof.

Aecom hunt managed a three year renovation of hard rock stadium home of the nfl s miami dolphins and the university of miami hurricanes. When it was first constructed in 1987 joe robbie stadium as it was then called had no roof. Even contending with three separate opening days aecom hunt did not miss one milestone. Sun comes from an angle so it s on the one side most of a game.

It s designed to hold up despite limited sunlight thanks to the new canopy. From january to september 2016 earthcam. And that s just one of more than 100 intricate steps it. Here s what we learned about the roof above hard rock stadium in miami.

An open air canopy was added to provide weather protection and sun shading while also amplifying crowd noise. Watch and share this time lapse movie highlighting the renovation process for the miami dolphins hard rock stadium. The following off season the stadium s signature architectural element was added. The new additions and cool design are a big improvement over the older stadium.

The miami dolphins installed genetically enhanced platinum te paspalum turf at the renovated stadium in miami gardens. On friday some of the roughly 400 on site workers will lift and then inch by inch move a 480 ton queen truss into the northwest end zone.