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After
spending more than two decades at Metropolitan
Stadium, it was time for a new stadium for
both the Minnesota Vikings and the Twins
(MLB), who both played at the stadium. Built
in the mid 1950’s, Metropolitan Stadium
was beginning to deteriorate after two decades
of existence. In the late 1970’s,
Minneapolis began studying the idea of building
a dome stadium for both teams. By mid 1979,
a new dome stadium was approved to be built
in downtown Minneapolis. On December 20,
1979, construction began on the multipurpose
dome stadium. A dome multipurpose stadium
was chosen because of the cold weather between
fall and spring. Named after former Vice
President, Hubert H. Humphrey, the H.H.H.
Metrodome, was completed in just over two
years. The Minnesota Twins (MLB) played
the first game ever at the Metrodome on
April 6, 1982.
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