Minnesota Vikings Old Stadium Roof Collapse

Demolition of the metrodome stadium in minneapolis is continuing.

Minnesota vikings old stadium roof collapse.

The concrete ring beam was brought down by controlled explosive charges on sunday. The vikings had to play their final home game of the season at the detroit lions home stadium of ford field. Metrodome roof collapses. The snow caused the roof to collapse and it was all caught on tape.

The minnesota twins and the minnesota vikings then played at the met from. The demolition will make way for a new. Paul the minneapolis millers minor league baseball team played at met stadium from 1956 to 1960. The mntwins had already postponed their game against the angels.

The game will kickoff at 7 20 on monday. Minneapolis the minnesota vikings and new york giants will play on monday night in detroit after the metrodome s inflated roof collapsed in a snowstorm. The spring storm dumped over 13 inches of snow on the twin cities. The final collapse of the metrodome came in 2014 when it was demolished.

That s right the 28 year old metrodome stadium home of the vikings and twins has seen its roof collapse five times. Humphrey metrodome commonly called the metrodome was a domed sports stadium located in downtown minneapolis minnesota it opened in 1982 as a replacement for metropolitan stadium the former home of the national football league s nfl minnesota vikings and major league baseball s mlb minnesota twins and memorial stadium the former home of the minnesota golden gophers. Damage from the largest april snowstorm in minneapolis s history to that point causes the metrodome roof to collapse. Metropolitan stadium often referred to as the met met stadium or now the old met to distinguish from the metrodome was a sports stadium that once stood in bloomington minnesota just outside minneapolis and st.

The metrodome had to have its roof replaced and would not be used again until august 2011.