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The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, often simply called The Metrodome, was a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The field was renamed Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in October 2009.
Learn about the history and features of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, a covered, multi-purpose stadium in downtown Minneapolis that hosted professional sports and events for thirty-one years. Find out how it was built, what events it hosted, and why it was demolished in 2014.
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. 105 reviews. Arenas & Stadiums. This location was reported permanently closed. Write a review. What people are saying. By rarobins17. “ The Rebuilding ” Aug 2015. If you remember the old Metrodome, the new is expecting to be breathtaking.
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By the early 1970s, the Minnesota Vikings were unhappy with Metropolitan Stadium's relatively small capacity for football (just under 48,500). Before the AFL-NFL merger, the NFL had declared that stadiums smaller than 50,000 capacity were not adequate for their needs. The biggest stadium in the area was the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadiu...
Baseball
1. 54,711 (1982-1983) 2. 55,122 (1984-1985) 3. 55,244 (1986-1988) 4. 55,883 (1989-1994) 5. 56,783 (1995-1997) 6. 48,678 (1998-2003) 7. 45,423 (2004-2009)
Football
1. 62,220 (1982-1983) 2. 62,345 (1984-1987) 3. 63,669 (1988-1994) 4. 64,035 (1995-1996) 5. 64,152 (1997-1999) 6. 64,121 (2000-2013)
Basketball
80,000
Since the stadium was built, the economics of sports marketing have changed. Teams are charging higher prices for tickets, and are demanding more amenities, such as bigger clubhouses and locker rooms, more luxury suites, and more concession revenue. To that end, pressure has been applied by team owners, media, and fans to have the State of Minnesot...
Minnesota Vikings football
As the stadium was designed first and foremost for the Minnesota Vikings, they had the fewest problems. However, the economics of 21st century professional sports meant that the Vikings owners wanted more luxury suites and better concessions. Renovations were rejected twice, with the 2001 price tag at $269 million. The Vikings played their first game at the Metrodome in a preseason matchupagainst the Seattle Seahawks on August 21, 1982. Minnesota won 7-3. The first touchdown in the dome was s...
Minnesota Twins baseball
When opened in 1982, the Metrodome was appreciated for the protection it gave from mosquitoes, and later the weather. Over the years there had been a love-hate relationship with the fans, sportswriters, and stadium.The Minnesota Twins won two World Series championships at the Metrodome. The Twins won the 1987 World Series and 1991 World Series by winning all four games held at the Dome in both seasons. The loud noise, white roof, quick turf, and the right-field wall (or "Baggie") provided a s...
Basketball
When configured as a basketball arena, the fans in the nearby bleachers got a suitable view of the court, but the action was difficult to see in the upper decks. Concessions were very far away from the temporary infrastructure. The Metrodome as a basketball arena was much larger than most NBA and major college basketball arenas, which run to about 20,000 seats; it functioned like Syracuse's large Carrier Dome. However, the NCAA made a significant amount of money selling the high number of sea...
Stadium neighborhood
The Metrodome was constructed in an area of downtown Minneapolis known as "Industry Square". Development in the Downtown East neighborhood around Metrodome took many years to materialize. For many years, there were few bars or restaurants nearby where fans could gather, and tailgating was expressly forbidden in most parking areas. The City of Minneapolis was directing the development of the entertainment districts along Seven Corners in Cedar-Riverside, Hennepin Avenue, and the Warehouse dist...
Sight lines
The Metrodome was built as a football stadium that can convert into a baseball stadium. The seating configuration is almost rectangular in shape—something that suits football very well. The seats along the four straight sides directly face their corresponding seats on the opposite side, while the seats in the corners are four quarter-circles. In most cases, this resulted in poor sight lines for baseball. For instance, the seats directly along the left field line faced the center field and rig...
Scheduling conflicts
As part of the deal with Metrodome, the Minnesota Twins had post-season priority over the Gophers in scheduling. If the Twins were in the playoffs with a home series, the baseball game took priority and the Gopher football game had to be moved to a time suitable to allow the grounds crew to convert the playing field and the stands to the football configuration. The last month of Major League Baseball's regular season often included one or two Saturdays in which the Twins and Gophers used Metr...
With the passage of time, Metrodome was thought to be an increasingly poor fit for all three of its major tenants (the Twins, the Vikings and the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football team). These tenants all said that the Dome was nearing the end of its useful lifespan. One major complaint was about the concourses, which were considered ...
With the approval of the new Vikings stadium at the Dome site by the Minnesota legislature, the fate of the Metrodome was sealed. The Vikings played their final game at the Metrodome on December 29, 2013, beating the Detroit Lions 14-13.The following day, a local company began removal of seats for sale to the public and various charities and nonpro...
In 1997's The Postman, Kevin Costner's character states that in post-apocalyptic America, President Richard Starkeygoverns "From the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. You know, where the...The first game between the Buzz and the Twins in Major League: Back to the Minorsis played at the Metrodome.The Metrodome is one of the main settings of the 1994 film Little Big League, which is centered around the Twins.On a Saturday Night Liveskit, the Metrodome was mentioned as the location of an underground rock festival soon after the 2010 roof collapse.- 3 min
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis was a functional, if not beloved, sports facility for more than 25 years. In addition to hosting three major sports teams — the Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings, and Minnesota Gophers collegiate football team — the facility was the site of many major sporting events as well as other activities.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was a domed sports stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It opened in 1982 as a replacement for Metropolitan Stadium, the former home of the National Football League's (NFL) Minnesota Vikings and Major League Baseball's (MLB) Minnesota Twins, and Memorial Stadium, the former home of the Minnesota ...
