Many players, however, despised the place and its Teflon-coated roof, where fly balls went to vanish.
When a new zinc-coated roof is installed next year, the bill for the complete renovation will approach $150 million.
There is no brick, and its white roof, a Teflon-coated fiberglass canopy covering most of the stadium's 27,000 seats, adds a dash of high style.
In particular, amorphous silicon-coated roof tiles and other photovoltaic materials have been introduced in architectural design and for recreational vehicles, boats, and automobiles.
And nor should you miss the Pontiac Silverdome, a vast sports arena whose Teflon-coated roof is supported by internal air pressure.
The foundation, main supports, and Teflon-coated roof of the dome, which were completed in mid-1998, creane an interior floor area of more than 861,000 square feet (80,000 square metres).
Of all its problems — namely, the difficulty of drawing fans to a bland dome that sits in a bland area — nothing symbolizes the place like the Erector-set catwalks that support the translucent, white Teflon-coated roof.
The Ōsaka World's Fair of 1970 included many air-supported structures, the largest of which was the U.S. Pavilion designed by the engineers Geiger Berger Associates; it had an oval plan 138 × 79 metres (460 × 262 feet), and the inflated domed roof of vinyl-coated fabric was restrained by a diagonally intersecting network of steel cables attached to a concrete compression ring at the perimeter.
A pilot plant for the coated roofing has already been built at the Innovation and Knowledge Centre located about 16 km (10 miles) away from Swansea University's Singleton Park campus.
The roof is 30 gauge coated metal.
