Metrodome Memories Through Pictures

The Metrodome is about to be demolished and I am missing the Metrodome already. Thing's won't look the same in Minneapolis but we are excited for the new stadium!


Here are some pictures to remember the Metrodome forever.

We will miss the Metrodome! 

Happy Holidays, Metrodome Goers!

We are so excited to get ready for the Holidays! Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a Happy New Year to all the incredible Vikings fans and Metrodome goers! Vikings fans from Minnesota and every where else in the US are the best fans ever.


Reflecting on a very busy 2013 we honestly wouldn't be here without our readers. Have a safe and fun holiday season with your friends, family and loved ones!

Go Vikings, go!

Metrodome Magic wears a little thin

The Curse of the Great Bambino. The of Billy the Goat. The Curse of Captain Eddie... most baseball fans recognize these to be the prominent curses or jinxes that keep teams from winning and add an element of fate to every game.

The curse that most people don't talk about but several teams acknowledge is the Metrodome Magic. Metrodome Magic refers to the fact that most teams find it hard to play in the dome. Some blame the noise of the fans, some blame the wall, many blame the fact that the Twins seem to always be on top of their A-game at home.

A prime example of the Metrodome Magic comes with the Chicago White Sox who had lost 10 of their last 11 games at the Metrodome, despite the fact that they had been playing better than the Twins. Then on Saturday the Metrodome Magic must have been on the fritz because the Sox pulled out a 8-7 win against the Twins in the 9th inning. The game was a great one and the entire crowd there sat on the edge of their dome seats waiting to see how it would all go down.

White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said after the game on Saturday, ''I wish somebody else would give [the Twins] credit [besides] me because it sounds like I'm pulling for them. But those guys show up every day, and you have to beat them. You have to play all nine innings and get 27 outs. They make you work. ... They're not streaky. They don't give up. They get good at-bats no matter what the score is. That's why they're always in the pennant race.''

So perhaps we shouldn't give up on the Metrodome Magic just yet, and maybe we should give the actual team so credit for their performance. In which case I would like to propose chalking Saturday up to a fluke and moving forward. (but just in case there was dome magic and it is gone, i suggest bringing good ju-ju into the dome this week).

Twins All You Can Eat Ticket Seats Seem To Trump Recession Woes

Much of the news this summer has centered around the recession and how to save a penny or two. However, anyone who has been to the Metrodome on a Tuesday recently has noticed that despite having to spend a little more initially, the All-You-Can-Eat-Seats have been filled and Twins fans seem to feel that they are getting the better end of the stick.

In a recent article on the Associated Press, fans told a reporter that they were trying to beat the system. Twins fans liked that in an economy that seemed to be cutting back on just about everything the Metrodome was opening its concession stand doors and saying take as much as you want. One fan told the AP, "I just like the idea that, because food is so expensive, I can come and, like, stick it to the system," Retamal said. "You know what I mean? I feel like I can even things out a little bit, just like baseball evens everything out."

The Metrodome may be on to something, on All-You-Can-Eat Tuesday sections 232 and 233 are turned into the "special seats" where Twins Tickets go for $34 instead of $22 but Twins fans can eat an unlimited amount of hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, peanuts, pretzels, soda and water during a 3.5 hour span. The deal stops at 9:00 p.m. regardless of what inning the game is in and a Twins-Metrodome spokesperson said that because the deal doesn't included beer or waffle cones (two big ticket items for the dome) they are doing alright, but the deal he said is really about the fans, its great for them. With some quick mental math, it is true that even fans of a less hardy stock who can merely eat two hot dogs and a soda have paid for the difference and then some.

The Metrodome isn't the only field offering these grub-fest tickets, stadiums in San Diego, Baltimore, and Pittsburgh are following suit and giving fans a chance to eat the concession stand out of food, though most sports fans realistically eat a couple of hot dogs a soda and call it a day. Regardless of weather your goal is 30 hot-dogs or 3, it seems to this Metrodome lover that in a day and age where everything seems to be about bad financials, the Metrodome is giving back to its patrons and Twins fans are taking advantage.

The next all you can eat night is Tuesday July 28th against the White Sox

Celebrate the 4th at the Metrodome

If you call yourself a Twins fan at all then you know we have been on the road for the past 10 days... 10 good days, the Twins may even have even figured out how to play on the road.

However, like any good Twins fan you also know that Twins baseball just is not the same without a Domedog in hand and Circle me Bert. With that said, the Twins are returning to the Metrodome this weekend for a 4th of July weekend series against the Detroit Tigers, who have not had the best success on the road this season either, hopefully they continue to struggle on the road and the Metrodome Magic works for the Twins.


On a holiday that is all about American Pride, Red White and Blue Clothing, and American food it only seems fitting that we as Minnesotans do the patriotic thing and put on our Twins jerseys (color appropriate, naturally) and head out to the Metrodome to cheer our Twins on!

Visit the Metrodome on Mothers Day

The Hubert H Humphrey will be full of Mothers in pink on Sunday, May 11th thanks to a Minnesota Twins promotion that gives the first 10,000 females (presumably mothers) a pink Minnesota Twins t-shirt. So grab your mom and head out to the Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox game! The game starts at 7:05pm! Be sure to TiVo the game so you can look for you and your pink shirted mother in the crowd! Go Twins!

Metrodome Future

There is plenty of talk regarding the future of the HHH Metrodome. So much talk that it has even been a good question news story. The fact of the matter is that the Gopher Football team is out in 2009, the Twins leave in 2010 and the Minnesota Vikings lease expires in 2011.

The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, which is the public agency in charge of the Metrodome, says the Dome can operate without the Gophers and Twins, but not without the Vikings. Ideally, the commission would like to work out a deal with the Minnesota Vikings to build a new stadium in the existing 22 acre Metrodome site. The infrastructure is already in place including parking options and light rail transportation options for fans. It would be nice to see the Minnesota Vikings remain in downtown Minneapolis and work out some sort of stadium deal for a “new metrodome” facility, but it may be a long road to reach an agreement. Then again, if you know the original Metrodome history, it was a long road as well.

Metrodome Twins Schedule Busy First Week

The Opening Week of MLB is a big deal for all baseball fans, but it is a really big deal for the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome as the Minnesota Twins host 7 straight games. First a four game series vs the Anaheim Angels and Torii Hunter and then a three day series against division rival Kansas City Royals. The Metrodome staff will have to be on their “A” game as they deal with the influx of people in and around the Metrodome. Personally, I love the fact that the boys of summer (although it looks more like winter) are back in Minnesota and playing at the HHH Metrodome.

Minnesota Twins Tickets at Metrodome

I wrote on my twin cities tickets blog that Minnesota Twins tickets are super expensive for Opening Day! You can bet that the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome will be rocking on March 31st as the Minnesota Twins host the Los Angeles Angels. I love Opening Day - will see you at the dome!