Hurricane Milton, the fifth hurricane this year to make landfall in the US, and following shortly on the heels of Hurricane Helene was always going to be a destructive force in the Tampa Bay area, but in the aftermath of the brutal winds, there was an unexpected victim to the devastation: the roof of Tropicana Field.
#TropicanaField roof is coming off @RaysTheRoofTB pic.twitter.com/GNGpNcXiuV
— Bill Carl Johnson (@BC_Johnson) October 10, 2024
The roof, though made of fabric, was built to withstand winds up to 115mph, and Milton proved to be too much for the stadium, as footage started to emerge on Wednesday night showing the roof in tatters.