MINNEAPOLIS -- The Metrodome repair job is getting bigger. The number of damaged roof panels that need replacement could go as high as nine, and the fabrication of new panels is set to start today at ...
Attendants were fiddling with the old gal's life support system when I visited her for the final time. "They're getting ready to take me off the respirator in a couple days," the aging Metrodome said.
MINNEAPOLIS - It was the last hurrah for the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The Vikings marked the end of the dome after Sunday's game with an on-field ceremony featuring retired players and star ...
While we slogged our way through a rainy weekend in the Northwest, the Midwest had snow. In Minneapolis, Minnesota the roof of the Metrodome collapsed under the weight of the snow. Amazing video from ...
Target Field and CHS Field opened in 2010 and 2015, respectively, and immediately qualified as glorious ballparks as well as massive upgrades from their predecessors. The Twins played 28 seasons at ...
Sometimes, events foreshadow future challenges, especially when it comes to keeping the weather out. On Nov. 19, 1981, 44 years ago today, a snowstorm hammered the upper Midwest, dumping 10 inches of ...
The first time the Metrodome's roof came down after a snowstorm, in November 1981, it took four days to fix it. The second time it fell, in 1982: three days. The third time, in 1983: 16 hours. Now? A ...
The Twin Cities officially became major league in 1961, with the relocation of the original Washington Senators, who became the Minnesota Twins for that American League season, and with the expansion ...
When the sun rose over Minneapolis on Dec. 12, 2010, something was missing from the city’s skyline: the white Teflon bubble of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. A weekend blizzard had dumped a ...
MINNEAPOLIS - When the Metrodome came tumbling down, Minnesotans flocked to get a piece of history. People snagged everything from the seats to the turf soon after the roof at the collapse. RELATED: ...
Workers are shown beneath the snow-damaged roof inside the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Elizabeth Flores) ** ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT. *SOFT OUT ...
Once the Vikings season is over the Metrodome in Minnesota will be torn down and Doug Beldon of the St. Paul Pioneer Press writes that they’re selling off various parts of the stadium, including the ...