Stadium demolition: Explosives set off at Minnesota Vikings' Metrodome
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Construction crews set off explosive charges this week to sever the cables of the Metrodome's roof in Minneapolis. The explosions were part of a gradual demolition of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, home of the Minnesota Twins from 1982 - 2008 and the Minnesota Vikings from 1982 - 2013. Last month, the stadium's famous white roof was deflated for the last time, while the support cables continued to secure it. The Metrodome will be replaced with a new one billion dollar stadium for the Vikings. Report by Mark Morris.
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It was far more disappointing saying farewell to the Met...
Their guna play at TCF bank stadium with the gophers. I also wonder how their guna survive playing outside for 2 years
lole it worked out just fine
No they played at us bank stadium
Us
@@thatredsunburst no they didn’t, US Bank was built where the Dome once stood so they played 2 seasons at the Gophers stadium
2009 was the Twins last Season at the Metro dome you got it wrong
Really you're splitting hairs by one year don't be that dude
The Twins still called the Metrodome home in 2009. They moved to Target Field in 2010. The narrator made a mistake.
He didn't mention the Gophers either.
What was wrong with the Metrodome? Isn't building a new stadium just a waste of money?
+Satoshi9801 You have to have been to a game there. It was a dump. Lots of memories were made there, but it was a dump. Also, the stadium would have needed extensive renovations anyway because, as evidenced by the roof collapse a few years earlier, it wasn't safe.
I also remember there were dedicated people to open the doors in intervals at the end of games. Pressure built up during the games in that bubble, and people were getting shot out of the place if they left early. Insane.
+Jonny Watts Now I've got a reason; I couldn't find anywhere else on the internet that explained why so it just seemed like "just because". I wasn't trying to pull fake nostalgia.
At least the Metrodome stood for 31-32 years. Many stadiums are torn down before they turn 25!
The Vikings played like shit there because they were not out in Rhe Freezing Cold. They lost their Home Field Advantage in that Warm, Cozy Metrodome(Said in sarcasm).
Why One Billion? Are they that HIGH???? On Pam Spray Fumes????
Ok so it shows the roof down ok, right and now it looks like a pot of the roof, WHAT THE! 😟😳🍵☕️
For that price I'd expect heated seating & individual waiter service......but then I imagine $1 billion isn't unrealistic for a sports arena of such proportions.
I will miss the metrodome as I have lived in Minneapolis all my life seen a lot of big foot shows and watched the Minnesota twins play there I reamber when the dome got put up my family had a big part in helping put the seats in so good bye dome I will miss you
Me to
Being a Minecraft player, the silly thought entered my mind that they would have had to dig a lot of sand and kill a lot of creepers, for that explosion.
LOL
Leave.
Lol
the Metrodome was a victim of it's time,people still had some nice memories there tohugh
Why was the roof made out of such soft material that it would fall apart if heavy snow got on top it sounds like a mistake that was bound to happen
i suppose they didnt have very good technology to build it at the time?????? not sure, kind of dumb to make it out of bouncy castle material
Went down like the 09 Team! WHO DAT?!
Taylor Bevill bunch of cheaters that you root for
+Minny Paul
Actually I rooted for a team of men who won the championship fair and square. The Vikings were sloppy that day, especially Butterfingers Adrian Peterson
Taylor Bevill yeah cheaters use bounty's to win championships
Minny Paul, yeah sore losers use complaints to wish they would win. Vikes lost, get over it.
Taylor Bevill never will my friend
Sad that they broke those massive speakers in there instead of saving them! Massive pieces of history that should have been preserved! The voice of the Metrodome!
They have seats from the Dome in the museum at their new practice facility tho
I would imagine they would have removed the speakers before demolition, whether they sold the speakers or junked them I don't know, but stadium speakers are pretty expensive so I don't think they would destroy them.
thats it? i though the whole thing was going to get blown out
1 Billion Dollars on a new stadium. It will have to be good for that price!
***** That's Insane!
it's going to be state-of-the-art. The original Metrodome that you see here back in 1982 was far ahead of its time! They wanted the same concept for the new stadium. They are emphasizing natural light and most of the new stadium's roof and side will be made of a new plastic/glass type of material that is weather resistant (since in Minnesota below zero is more common than sunshine) and also protect from UV rays. It will cost a lot of money, but the metrodome did as well (for the time) and it paid for itself quickly as well as gave many great people jobs and pride!
Minneapolis is already in massive debt because of a high welfare community that doesn't pay taxes. Why not attack that demographic's impact to a debt-ridden area instead of attacking funding a stadium that the state can use for a great source of revenue and benefits the entire state as well as a massive fanbase around the Midwest and Canada. At least this is funding our future and future economic growth.
Aarin Reinarz Well I hope it lasts a good 30 years or more!
***** I go to U of Minnesota and although I think the city and the university spend too much on constructing new buildings, they shouldn't worry about the new stadium since Vikings have a huge fanbase, so they will sell out every game and they're a potential candidate to host the Super Bowl. Also Minneapolis' economy is doing much better than most other cities right now
Bye Bye Twikeedome and I will not miss you
The Twins played there until 2009. Ooops. I guess that¿s what happens when the British are called.
And the t-wolves, and the gophers football, baseball and soccer. Also the Minnesota NASL team.
Went to one Vikings preseason game there (against my Cardinals) and several twins games between 1997 and 2009 (video says the twins last played there in 08 but it was really 09). Even might have a grainy film photo of Sammy Sosa hitting a home run there during the home run chase in 1998. I will miss the Metrodome.
So where will they play for this season? When's it suppose to be finished?
They will play at TCF Stadium on the U of M campus for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. Then it will be ready to play on in 2016.
The first and only time I have been to the Metrodome was to see a monster jam rally those were good memories
Other dome gone, thank you God
Hubert H Humphrey tinker dome goes up in smoke
Looks like theres couple of fires around witch melted steeltructures?
GOOD RIDDANCE! They should have NEVER built this Shithole in the first place, and kept Metropolitan Stadium a lot longer than they did. The Mall of America would have been better set in Downtown Minneapolis anyway rather than where Metropolitan Stadium sat in Bloomington.
At that point the Met was an even bigger shithole.
PIZ DON'T GO I WANT IT STAY
What is with the influx of British announcers and narrators ? It seems like almost anything you watch anymore there is a Brit speaking. If I ever turn on the NFL, NBA, NHRA, NASCAR, etc. or anything that is based in America and a Brit is announcing it, I'm done. I doubt that Americans are taking over the airwaves in the U.K.
general burkhalter We're better.
general burkhalter My my....I am guessing you are way too young to remember the "British Invasion" of the 1960's, heralded by THE BEATLES! Guess who took over the rock-and-roll airwaves?
GOOD RIDDANCE!
We won our Super Bowl in your new stadium bye 👋 Tom Brady
Like the 9/11 . Same equipments.
Damn conspiracy theorists.
Bf4 :o
Damn 1 billion, the new falcons stadium cost about the same and looks 10 times better
Yeah well the new Falcons stadium looks like it was built more for a European soccer team, than a football team.
Its also built for Atlanta's new soccer team so yeah lol
Atlanta's new stadium looks like a clenching butthole.
I just have sad memories of that awful place. The Braves were robbed there. The best team in the world series in 1991. lost.
lul's
+Steve Giovanis Couldn't win in 7 games? Yep they were the best team. GTFO! LOL
lol
+Steve Giovanis Jack Morris (10 innings) in game 7..quite possibly the greatest World Series pitching performance in baseball history