From first cable to first kickoff, the opening of Miami Freedom Park’s Nu Stadium on April 4th marked the culmination of an incredible effort by an even more incredible team. Delivered on an aggressive fast-track schedule, the project brought together partners from around the world to realize a canopy that celebrates the full language of tensile architecture — cable nets, PTFE and ETFE — executed at a scale and integration never before seen in North America.
Yesterday the Sports Business Journal published an interview with Michael Stein of Schlaich Bergermann Partner, the structural engineering firm responsible for designing the stadium’s roof, discussing the project’s spoked-wheel canopy concept. ETS installed the 329,000 square foot canopy, including its 1,570-ton radial cable-net structure, in addition to 83,000 square feet of PTFE membrane and 46,000 square feet of fritted ETFE film.