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Metrodome
For more than 20 years, the Hubert H. Humphrey
Metrodome has played host to the Minnesota Twins. Although the
Metrodome is best known as the home of the Twins, it’s the only stadium in the world to play host
to the World Series (1987 and 1991), Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game
(1985), the Super Bowl (XXVI, 1992) and the NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournament
(1992 & 2001). The Metrodome was build by the state of Minnesota for a reasonable
cost of around $68 million. The Metrodome also includes 7,600 retractable seats
in right field, the largest such section of any stadium in the world.
It can
be used for baseball or football purposes, and the switch can take place in
as little as four hours. Before the 1994 season, the Twins moved
both dugouts closer to the playing field in order to add a few
rows of seats throughout the Metrodome. After the work had been
completed, an additional 900 seats were added to the stadium
bringing the total capacity over 45,000. The pitcher’s mound, 18
feet in diameter and weighing an estimated 23,000 pounds, is powered by an electric
motor.
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