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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.
This accelerated the push for construction of a new stadium, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which was completed in 1982. Twins game in July 1981. However, it is very likely that a new stadium would have been needed in any event, as the Met was not well maintained.
Starting in 1982, the Gophers played their home games in the new Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, and Memorial Stadium was demolished a decade later. After 27 seasons indoors, the Gophers returned to campus in 2009 at the new Huntington Bank Stadium, a block from the site of Memorial Stadium.
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.
Super Bowl XXVI was held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was a historic clash between the Washington Redskins and the Buffalo Bills.
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: 1982–2013: 64,035 [5] 1982 UBU-Intensity Series-S5-M Synthetic Turf (2011–2013) Sportexe Momentum Turf (2010) Field Turf (2004–2009) AstroTurf (1987–2003) Superturf (1982–1986) Metropolitan Stadium: 1961–1981: 45,919 1956 Grass Bloomington, Minnesota: NFC South: Team (former names) Stadium (former names ...
Under the Pohlad family's leadership, Minnesota won the World Series in 1987 and 1991 and moved from the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to Target Field in 2010. Carl Pohlad, who died in 2009, twice ...
The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. The team has played at Target Field since 2010. [9] The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators, [10] and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins.