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Message: [QUOTE="NJCuse97, post: 3277733, member: 5058"] I believe the teflon coating was to shed snow as it is "non-stick". As a result, the intent was less heat needed to melt and less concern of collapse. The fiber-mesh is the strength, as you say, and has been used since the 60's including the NJ pavillion at the '64 world's fair (an award winning design by the first firm I worked for out of college). I believe Birdair was the manufacturer. [URL="http://www.birdair.com/"]Tensioned Membrane Structures, Fabric Roofing - Birdair, Inc.[/URL] [ATTACH type="full"]176279[/ATTACH] and in Munich at the '72 Olympic Stadium [ATTACH type="full"]176280[/ATTACH] Of note, please notice the poles that extend up to "hang" the roof from and the the pulled peaks at the point of attachment for the fabric to the tension wire. This is similar to BC Place and in our case these poles are replaced by our truss to act as these masts for hanging our new roof. What goes around comes around. [/QUOTE]