Why aren’t football stadiums in colder climates always designed as a closed dome?

Question

For example, when the Green Bay Packers built their stadium they had to have known it would constantly be snowing. Same with Kansas Citt Chiefs.

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Snow is heavy. You’d need to build a done strong enough potentially to hold the weight of massive amounts of snow. Normal buildings can distribute that weight across columns, but under a dome, you don’t have that luxury.