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AGY glass fiber yarn forms the base reinforcement of the new roof at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, a permanent membrane structure that covers roughly 45,000 square meters in 24 translucent composite panels.
The membrane, Serge Ferrari Group's Tenseo Xtrem GF 7000, is woven from the Aiken, South Carolina supplier's specialty glass fiber yarn, then coated with PTFE and sealed with a fluorinated ethylene propylene surface treatment. Each panel is about 330 feet long and weighs approximately 5,000 pounds (2,268 kilograms). According to AGY, the yarn provides the strength, dimensional stability and durability required for large-scale permanent tensile structures.
It replaces a membrane destroyed by Hurricane Milton in October 2024, and the new design addresses stronger winds, more severe storms and updated safety requirements. The final panel was secured in November 2025, inside a schedule that would normally take several years. The roof has an expected service life exceeding 20 years.
Source: CompositesWorld / compositesworld.com, 19 October 2026.
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