Metrodome
 Minneapolis, MN
After
spending more than two decades at Metropolitan Stadium, it was time for a
new stadium for both the Minnesota Vikings and the
Twins (MLB), who both played at the stadium. Built in the mid
1950s, Metropolitan Stadium was beginning to deteriorate after
two decades of existence. Throughout the 1970s, the Vikings were
one of the best teams in NFL and regularly sold out the 48,000
seat Metropolitan Stadium. Due to the deteriorating condition of
Metropolitan Stadium, the Vikings began discussing building a new
stadium in 1971. Talk of a new stadium for the Vikings continued
throughout the decade. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities
Commission was formed in 1977 and stadium politics dominated the
Minnesota State Legislature the same year. Two years later in 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 extreme cold and wintertime weather. 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.
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