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Last year, the Vikings replaced the turf at the Metrodome because the old stuff led to too many twisted ankles and torn ligaments. There was a whole to-do, and it went to court, and eventually they were allowed to bring in the new turf. It lasted all of one season. More »
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Your morning roundup for Feb. 11, the day the White House has to play whatever cards they have left… More »
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"Engineers at the Metrodome in Minneapolis used a shotgun Monday afternoon to rupture a roof panel that was under stress from accumulated ice." [Pioneer Press] More »
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FOX's video of the Metrodome bubble collapsing is some of the most visually arresting footage we've seen in a long time. How did they get it? A tip that the roof was going to cave in, of course. More »
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The Metrodome will not let the Twins escape easily, even if it has to trap former Rookies of the Year inside its porcelain bowels for all eternity. More »
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Since the Twins have a fancy new field, it was time to get rid of all the leftover stuff at the Metrodome. A phrase comes to mind: "And nothing of value was lost." More »
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This is a weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark. This week: The Minnesota Twins' Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. More »
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People have always hated The Minneapolis Metrodome, and now they have a new reason: It's a Nazi building. So says somebody/something called "Tim's TV," which claims at his/its site, "The Swastika Dome," that the Metrodome has a swastika designed in its roof. Just because we've just discovered this doesn't necessarily mean it isn't a wide and vast conspiracy: The site accuses the original dome designer, Horst Berger, of being a Nazi (he is German, but he also helped design such Nazi propaganda as Madison Square Garden and The Gateway Arch) and secretly sneaking the swastika in the roof. Emails to "Tim's TV" have not been returned, though they do provide a phone number: 612 605 1738. So fight the power. More »
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