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The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (commonly called the Metrodome) was a domed sports stadium 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 Golden Gophers football team.
It was the home arena of the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBA (now the Los Angeles Lakers) during the 1959–1960 season and part-time home from 1947 through 1959. The armory held 8,000 people for basketball. [5] Later used as a parking facility, the armory underwent renovations and was turned into an 8,400-person events center and concert venue. [6]
Minneapolis is the only city, and the Metrodome is the only venue, to host all three events in a 12-month span (all three of these events aired on CBS, who would go on to purchase their Twin Cities affiliate, WCCO-TV, later in the year). The Metrodome was the smallest stadium to ever host the Super Bowl in terms of capacity.
In 1988, Bob Dylan (who owned the Orpheum from 1979 to 1988) sold it to the City of Minneapolis. [4] Following a $10 million restoration, the Orpheum re-opened in December 1993. In 2005, the city transferred ownership of its theaters to the Hennepin Theatre Trust (now known as Hennepin Arts).
U.S. Bank Stadium is an enclosed stadium located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.Built on the former site of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the indoor stadium opened in 2016 and is the home of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL); it also hosts early season college baseball games of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
Buffalo Bills: Legion Field: 71,594 Birmingham: Alabama: the Magic City Classic game; former part-time home for Alabama (full-time for 1987), Auburn, and UAB: Mercedes-Benz Stadium: 71,000 Atlanta: Georgia: Atlanta Falcons, Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl game, SEC Championship game, Aflac Kickoff Game game, Atlanta United FC [21] M&T Bank Stadium ...
The following is a list of stadiums in the United States. They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list.
Metropolitan Stadium (often referred to as "the Met", "Met Stadium", or now "the Old Met" to distinguish from the Metrodome) was an outdoor sports stadium in the north central United States, located in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis.