University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Baseball comes to the HHH Metrodome

The Minnesota Golden Gophers Baseball Team will be playing at the HHH Metrodome weekends in May. The University of Minnesota Varsity Baseball Team will be playing in the Dome the weekend of Friday May 7th, Saturday May 8th, Sunday May 9th, Friday May 14th, Saturday May 15th and Sunday May 16th. If you miss Minnesota Twins Baseball at the Metrodome, don't miss this chance to catch a game and eat a Dome Dog!

HHH Metrodome Alcohol Policy make shape Beer Ruling at TCF Bank Stadium

Up until the 2009 Minnesota Gophers Football Season, the HHH Metrodome was the home of the Golden Gophers Football Team. So when fans came to watch Gophers Home Games, they had the opportunity to buy alcohol.

However, when the Gophers moved out of the HHH Metrodome and into TCF Bank Stadium, the Minnesota legislature decided that the University of Minnesota had to enforce an all-or-known rule, meaning they had to provide alcohol to all of the seats in TCF Bank Stadium or known. The University of Minnesota did not want to sell alcohol on the levels where student seating was, so no alcohol was sold last season at TCF Bank Stadium.

Estimates have said that the decision to make TCF Bank Stadium dry cost the University of Minnesota $1 Million... not exactly pocket change. So now the Minnesota State Legislature is working to pass a bill that would allow the U of M to sell alcohol in the premium seats... time will tell, though it is clear that legislatures are considering the fact that the HHH Metrodome successfully sold alcohol at Golden Gopher Football Games for years.

Don't be Sad Twins Fans, even though the Twins Home Opener is not at the HHH Metrodome, there are still great ways to visit the Dome

It seems strange that the Twins Home Opener is not at the HHH Metrodome this year, like most things although I wrote about all the time and I visited Target Field, until very recently it had not struck me that the Minnesota Twins 2010 Home Opener is not going to be at the HHH Metrodome... This sudden pang of missing the Dome inspired me to look through my HHH Metrodome Photos. Here are a few of my favorite HHH Metrodome Pictures

I can't believe that I'm saying this... but wouldn't a New Vikings Stadium be great?

I know that as the writer of a HHH METRODOME blog, I should not be even thinking it... but after touring the Target Field Open House this past weekend I realized that although the HHH Metrodome holds a huge piece of most Vikings or Twins Fans hearts, it is time to say goodbye.

I think I'm finally ready to see a BRAND NEW Vikings Stadium, something state of the art and built specifically for Minnesota Vikings Football. While it seems likely that the 2010 Minnesota Vikings Schedule will be held in full at the HHH Metrodome, I think it is time for Vikings Fans to pull together and demand that the Minnesota Vikings get a new home instead of the Dome (hey maybe that could be the slogan?).

If you agree that the HHH Metrodome should be torn down and a new Vikings Stadium should be built leave me a comment here!

Looking for the HHH Metrodome? Check out the Minneapolis Metrodome Address and the Google Map of the HHH Metrodome

For those of us who live in the Twin Cities, the HHH Metrodome is a landmark that many of us use to give directions from. Although few of Twin Cities Dwellers could really tell you the exact address of the HHH Metrodome, people know where it is and how to get there.

For those of you who are not from the Twin Cities Metro Area, finding the HHH Metrodome in the maze of Downtown Minneapolis one-way streets and construction zones can be a bit frustrating. So I'm making it easy, the HHH Metrodome Adress is

Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome
900 S 5th St
Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 335-3336‎

For those of you who are slightly more visual here is a Metrodome Map

The Big Question really becomes though, once you find the HHH Metrodome how much longer is it going to be there? My thoughts, for anyone who has not been inside the historic HHH Metrodome, go now before it is too late.

What is in store for the future of the HHH Metrodome?

No one can really say for sure, though many Minnesota Baseball and Football fans are hopeful that the Twin Cities sports mecca will remain untouched. The HHH Metrodome holds more memories for some Twin Cities natives than their grade schools do, the HHH Metrodome housed championship Minnesota Twins teams and Minnesota Vikings teams. Minnesota sporting greats, like Kerby Puckett called the HHH Metrodome home, and many sports fans are just not quite ready to let that go.

However, certain realities about the HHH Metrodome need to be faced, without the revenue of both the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings, changes will have to be made. It is not the most ideal football stadium and if the Vikings are going to continue to call the HHH Metrodome home, changes will have to be made.

My guess is BEST case scenario the HHH Metrodome will undergo MAJOR MAJOR changes in the upcoming Minnesota Vikings Seasons and the Vikings will continue to play home games at the Dome. More likely in my opinion is that the Dome will be torn down and the Vikings will play at TCF Bank Stadium for a few seasons while a new Vikings Stadium is built where the Dome was.

For now it is all speculation, but feel free to throw your 2 cents in too... I'd love to hear what other Dome Lovers are thinking!

Remember when the Super Bowl was at the HHH Metrodome?

Ok, so actually I did not remember off the top of my head either when Minneapolis and the HHH Metrodome hosted the Super Bowl but I did some Dome Research and the memories started flooding back....

Super Bowl XXVI or the 1992 Super Bowl for those of you who don't speak roman numerals and football history was hosted at the HHH Metrodome. The Washington Redskins of the NFC took on the Bufallo Bills of the AFC, beating them 37-24. Despite being two of the highest scoring teams in the league, the game was sloppy and both teams went scoreless for a good part of the first half. The Halftime show was titled "Winter Magic" and highlighted the Winter Olympics from the year. Gloria Estefan performed with Brian Boitano and Dorothy Hamill.

For a real throwback to memory lane check out the top commercial from the 1992 Super Bowl at the HHH Metrodome: