Tommie Baseball at the Dome

Me being a Tommie, I have to bring notice to the season opener between St. Scholastica and St. Thomas at the Metrodome today. Go Tommies!

The teams will be playing two games starting at 5 p.m.

St. Thomas, which lost 10 of its first 14 games in 2011, came back to win 17 of its next 18 games and advanced to its 16th NCAA regional in the past 17 years.

St. Scholastica is ranked 14th this season after going 37-7 last season while advancing to the regional final for the second time in four seasons.

Good luck to the Tommies, bring home some wins!

Vikings Stadium Plan Back at Metrodome Location

The leading proposal for the Vikings stadium appears to be back at the current Metrodome location with one of the original renderings taking back the focus.

All I have to say about this rendering is that the wood paneling is atrocious and that the building looks small and outdated... which is generally not what you want when it hasn't even been built yet!

Keep looking, Minnesota.

Monster Jam at the Metrodome

The Metrodome has been mentioned in the news a lot lately, mostly because of the parking lot that is located next to it. The lot next door is one of the proposed Minnesota Vikings sites. To get the focus back on the Dome, I would like to point out that the Dome is still hosting great events!

On January 19, the Metrodome will be the home for the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam. The Monster Jam will be held on that Saturday at 7:00pm. If you are interested in Monster Jam tickets, you can find them here! Tickets start at $64.00.

Yet Another Minnesota Vikings Stadium Plan

I don't know about you, but I have certainly lost count on how many Vikings Stadium plans are floating around... And yet, here is another:

The latest idea would build the stadium just east of the Metrodome on a parking lot. The new plan would, in theory, cut the time the Vikings would have to play at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank.

Ted Mondale of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Chairman says the plan could have a new stadium as much as three-fourths done before the Dome would have to be demolished.

I have yet to see an artistic rendering of this proposal, but Google Maps was able to provide me with a visual of the parking lot I assume is at the heart of the location. The lot is denoted by the letter 'A'. Just a guesstimate, but I am thinking three-fourths is an overestimation and that there is no way the new stadium could be 75% completed before the Dome is demolished.

However, I respect Mondale for his great salesmanship seeing as most people probably won't go to the trouble of researching like I did. What... a politician.