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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.
The 1982 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 22nd season in the National Football League (NFL) and their first in the newly constructed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.The team was looking to improve on its 7–9 record from 1981.
The former Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome domed stadium in Minneapolis which was home to the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League and the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. [ 265 ] The Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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.
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.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome debuted with an April 3 exhibition game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Philadelphia's Pete Rose had the first unofficial Metrodome hit, and Minnesota's Kent Hrbek homered twice. In the regular-season home opener, outfielder Dave Engle had the Twins' first hit and home run in the Metrodome.
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The 1994 Minnesota Twins season was the 34th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 13th season at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and the 94th overall in the American League. The strike overshadowed the season's accomplishments.