Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

**Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome**, often simply called The **Metrodome**, was a domed sports stadium in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The field was renamed **Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome** in October 2009. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington (which, beginning a three year deal on October 5, 2009, now holds naming rights for the Metrodome's field), and Memorial Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. The Metrodome was home to the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings, and in its last years was also sometimes used by the Big Ten's Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team. The stadium was also the home of the Minnesota Twins from 1982 to 2009 and the Golden Gophers football team from 1982 to 2008. The Twins now play at the nearby Target Field, while Golden Gophers football returned to campus at TCF Bank Stadium.

The Vikings played their last game at the stadium on  December 29, 2013. Demolition of the stadium began on January 18, 2014. A new stadium for the Vikings, U.S. Bank Stadium, was built on the site, and opened in 2016. During construction of the new stadium, the Vikings played at TCF Bank Stadium, located on the University of Minnesota campus.

## Other websites

- Metrodome Dreamscapes - digital ephemera archive
- Ballpark Digest review of Metrodome
- Blog with pictures of 2011 roof

## Infobox (venue)

- **nickname**: _Metrodome, Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Mall of America Field, The Homerdome, The Dome, The Thunderdome_
- **image**:
- **address**: 900 South 5th Street
- **location**: Minneapolis, Minnesota
- **pushpin map**: USA Minnesota#USA
- **pushpin relief**: 1
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in Minnesota##Location in the United States
- **broke ground**: December 20, 1979
- **opened**: April 3, 1982
- **closed**: December 29, 2013
- **demolished**: January 18, 2014 – April 17, 2014
- **owner**: Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission (1982–2012)
 Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (2012–2013)
- **operator**: Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission (1982–2012)
 Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (2012–2013)
- **surface**: SuperTurf (1982–1986)
AstroTurf (1987–2003)
FieldTurf (2004–2010)
Sportexe Turf, Sportexe Momentum Turf (2010)
 UBU-Intensity Series-S5-M Synthetic Turf (2011–2013)
- **construction cost**: US$55 million
($ in  dollars)
- **architect**: Fazlur Rahman Khan (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)
Leo A Daly, Setter, Leach & Lindstrom, Inc.
- **structural engineer**: Geiger Engineers, Geiger Berger Associates
- **general contractor**: Barton-Malow
- **tenants**: Minnesota Vikings (National Football League, NFL) (1982–2013)
Minnesota Twins (Major League Baseball, MLB) (1982–2009)
Minnesota Golden Gophers football (National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA) (1982–2008)
Minnesota Strikers (North American Soccer League (1968–84), NASL) (1984)
Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball (NCAA) (1985–2010, 2012)
Minnesota Timberwolves (National Basketball Association, NBA) (1989–1990)
Minnesota United FC (2010–16), Minnesota United FC (North American Soccer League, NASL) (2013)
- **capacity**: American football: 64,121
Baseball: 46,564 (expandable to 55,883)
Basketball: 50,000
Concerts: 60,000
- **dimensions**: **Left field:**
**Left-center:** <small> (unmarked)</small>
**Center field:**
**Right-center:** <small> (unmarked)</small>
**Right field:**
**Backstop:**
**Dome apex:**
**Wall:**  (left and center field)
**Wall:**  (right field)