The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, commonly called the Metrodome, is a domed sports venue located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 1982, it replaced Metropolitan Stadium, which was on the current site of the Mall of America in Bloomington and Memorial Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. The Metrodome has been the current home to the NFL's Minnesota Vikings since 1982, but is scheduled to be replaced by a new stadium on the current site. The dome also hosts early season games for the Big Ten's University of Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball team. The stadium was also the home of the Minnesota Twins from 1982 to 2009, the Minnesota Timberwolves in their 1989-1990 inaugural season and the Golden Gophers football team from 1982 to 2008. The Minnesota Vikings have been using the name Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome since October 5, 2009 for their games.
The stadium was the eighth oldest stadium in the National Football League. Locally, it has several nicknames such as: "The Dome", "The Thunderdome" and "The Homer Dome".
The stadium has a fiberglass fabric roof that is self-supported by air pressure, and is the second major sports facility to have this feature (the first being the Pontiac Silverdome). The Metrodome is similar in design to BC Place before that stadium was reconfigured with a retractable roof and the former RCA Dome. It was reputedly the inspiration for the Tokyo Dome.
The Metrodome is scheduled to be demolished and replaced in the same location by a new Vikings Stadium by 2016.
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