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What Can We Learn From Four Stadium Deals That Don't Suck?Whenever professional economists are asked about stadium and arena deals, they invariably explain, for the hundredth time, that these “almost never” work out to the benefit of the public. (Look, here are a bunch saying so just a few weeks ago!) Between the price tags in the hundreds of millions of d...

Red Sox Broadcast Airs Video Of Metrodome Implosion That Never HappenedYesterday’s NESN broadcast of the Red Sox-Twins game featured a mid-game interlude of the announcers discussing their memories of the dear, departed Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It also featured video of the Metrodome being imploded—something that never happened....

The Old Piss Troughs From The Metrodome Are Up For AuctionAre you a memorabilia collector who would like to own a little piece of Vikings football history? Are you also a disgusting person? Then you should head on over to this here auction website and place a bid on one of the many Metrodome bathroom troughs that are currently up for sale....

Make Jokes About The Vikings While Watching The Metrodome Collapse

Portions of the Metrodome were safely demolished in controlled explosions this morning in Minneapolis. Let's watch!...

Metrodome Deflated For Final Time; Demolition Begins Monday

The home of the Minnesota Vikings has been deflated for the final time. This is time lapse video of the roughly 35-minute process. Once home to the Twins, Vikings and Timberwolves, the Metrodome slowly lost all its major tenants but the Vikings. Now that the Vikings have a new billion-dollar facil...

You can buy a bag made from a piece of the Metrodome roof: Coming soon: prophylactics made from the Baggie in right? [GearJunkie]...

"Do You Want Some Dome?" Minnesota TV Station Wants To Know

On Friday, KARE's Scott Seroka did a piece on fans wanting pieces of the Metrodome after the Vikings play their final season there in 2013. Someone may have sabotaged him with this caption. h/t to Jesse via Kellen...

The Vikings' Stadium Whoreathon Will End Where It Started

As a Vikings fan, I have been long conditioned to treat any rumor of an impending stadium deal with a great amount of skepticism. This team has been announcing new stadium "plans" every year since around 1997. Every announced plan was less a formal declaration than a cheap Jedi mind trick. "Hey, if ...