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Metrodome
For the second time in the history of the Super Bowl, the NFL
placed the game in a cold weather city, in Minneapolis and the
Metrodome. The history of the the stadium stretches back nearly 25
years.
Built in the mid
1950s, Metropolitan Stadium was beginning to deteriorate after
two decades of existence. In the late 1970s, Minneapolis leaders began
studying the idea of building a dome stadium for both teams. By
mid 1979, a new dome stadium was approved to be built in downtown
Minneapolis. On December 20, 1979, construction began on the
multipurpose dome stadium. A dome multipurpose stadium was chosen
because of the cold weather between fall and spring. Named after
former Vice President, Hubert H. Humphrey, the H.H.H. Metrodome,
was completed in just over two years. The Minnesota Twins (MLB)
played the first game ever at the Metrodome on April 6, 1982.
The Vikings inaugural first game at the
Metrodome was on September 12, 1982. Over 64,000 seats in two
tiers circle the entire field when the Metrodome is in football
configuration. The Metrodome is one of
the easiest stadium to be converted from baseball to football. The
entire process takes around four hours. A section of 7,600
retractable seats make up the 23 foot high right field wall during
a baseball game, but the seats are pulled out allowing the
capacity to be increased during football games. The dome roof consists of over ten acres of Teflon-coated fiberglass. It
is the only air-supported dome, and fans enter the park through
revolving doors that prevent the release of the air that keeps the
dome
upright. The roof requires 250,000 cubic feet of air pressure per
minute to remain inflated. The roof has snow melting ducts to
prevent a collapse. However, in the fall of 1982, the dome
collapsed, but was re-inflated. Since its opening in 1982, there
have been several changes to the Metrodome. They include
LED Boards, new color replay screens, a new
Plaza outside the stadium, new rows of seats behind home plate for
baseball, new Terrace Suite, re-construction of all concession
stands, and new concourse televisions. After the 2003 season,
the Astroturf field was removed and replaced with Fieldturf.
Currently, the Vikings and the Twins are lobbying to get new
stadiums built.
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