Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Former home of the Minnesota Vikings

Minneapolis, MN

Still to visit

Teams

Minnesota Twins
MLB · baseball
1982–2009
Minnesota Vikings
NFL · football
1982–2013

Also known as Metrodome · The Dome · Homer Dome

Stadium facts

Capacity: 46,564; Baseball, expandable to 55,883. Football is listed at 64,121.Source for capacity
Opened: April 3, 1982; Replaced Metropolitan Stadium for the Twins and Vikings, and Memorial Stadium for the Golden Gophers. The roof was deflated for the last time on January 18, 2014, and demolition ran until April 17, 2014.Source for opened
Surface: UBU-Intensity Series synthetic turf; The last surface, 2011–2013. SuperTurf 1982–1986, AstroTurf 1987–2003, FieldTurf 2004–2010.Source for surface
Cost: $55 million; Infobox figure. A history passage says the dome itself cost $68 million, about $124 million with infrastructure, and calls that significantly under budget.Source for cost

Names and sponsors

Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
1982–2014
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The Metrodome
Nickname
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Timeline

1981
1982
1985
1987
1992
2013

November 19, 1981

Snow collapses the roof

On November 19, 1981, more than a foot of snow collapsed the air-supported roof and it had to be re-inflated. The page says four of five roof incidents came in the first five years. The building was not yet open for its first season.

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