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Minnesota vikings dome collapse (video)
youtube ^ | 12/12/2010 | kdigital

Posted on 12/12/2010 10:51:19 AM PST by Signalman

youtube video showing roof collapsing under weight of snow. (Was Algore in town?)


TOPICS: Outdoors; Sports; Weather
KEYWORDS: agw; dome; minnesota; nfl; vikings
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To: digger48

there’s talk of the Vikings moving to LA......this may hasten their demise


41 posted on 12/12/2010 1:03:53 PM PST by stickywillie
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To: Signalman

The Metrodome cost $68 million to build—roughly $2 million under budget


42 posted on 12/12/2010 1:08:08 PM PST by Java4Jay
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To: Signalman

The Metrodome will become a snow bowl until springtime.


43 posted on 12/12/2010 1:15:24 PM PST by Java4Jay
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To: ninergold3

An allegory to the Vike’s pathetic season - only outdone by the Redskins pooching the extra point today with seconds left against Tampa Bay ...


44 posted on 12/12/2010 2:12:00 PM PST by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...</i><p>)
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To: Shady

JUST LIKE THE PACKERS!!!!!!!!


45 posted on 12/12/2010 2:12:25 PM PST by Shady (The real work is just beginning!)
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To: Fred Hayek

Absolutely correct about FLW. I love his designs but it has cost millions to preserve Fallingwater, and it took 60 years to stop the windows from leaking at Wingspread (the most beautiful building I have ever been in.)


46 posted on 12/12/2010 2:22:00 PM PST by Shady (LIBERTY is NOT a Four Letter Word.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

Same way at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Blows you away! Actually fun! (fun with physics!)


47 posted on 12/12/2010 2:46:21 PM PST by Shady (LIBERTY is NOT a Four Letter Word.)
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To: nascarnation

The one saving grace is that they did continue the “Fieldhouse Theme...” When I was a kid, since my Mom was born in Indpls we used to spend our 2 week vacations (of course in the middle of July) in a hotbox on Meridian Street. Used to go out to the Country Club via Butler U and passed the Starlight Theatre and Hinkle Fieldhouse. That theme is perfect for the city. (I used to go to Ayres Tea Room too!)


48 posted on 12/12/2010 2:51:19 PM PST by Shady (LIBERTY is NOT a Four Letter Word.)
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To: nascarnation
long since retired, likely

Or elevated to engineering senior management (if peter principle applies at his workplace).

49 posted on 12/12/2010 2:56:22 PM PST by Las Vegas Dave (To anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: carjic

Would like to see the stats between Twin Cities and Syracuse NY for snow. Both have Domes and I think the Carrier Dome has gone down only a couple of times (the policy was to deflate it if they got tons of Lake effect) and since the roof was replaced in 1999 it has never collapsed. They get a heck of a lot of snow in Syracuse! (I notice that the Twin cities aren’t even ON this list!
1. Blue Canyon, Calif. 240.3 9. Sexton Summit, Ore. 97.8
2. Marquette, Mich. 141.0 10. Muskegon, Mich. 96.1
3. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 117.4 11. Buffalo 93.6
4. Syracuse, N.Y. 115.6 12. Rochester, N.Y. 92.3
5. Caribou, Maine 111.6 13. Erie, Pa. 88.8
6. Mount Shasta, Calif. 104.9 14. Alpena, Mich. 84.6
7. Lander, Wyo. 100.4 15. Binghamton, N.Y. 84.2
8. Flagstaff, Ariz. 100.3 Valdez, Alaska 326.0


50 posted on 12/12/2010 3:03:25 PM PST by Shady (LIBERTY is NOT a Four Letter Word.)
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To: Lmo56

Don’t worry, your arch rival Packers folded like a cheap suit today.


51 posted on 12/12/2010 3:05:43 PM PST by Shady (LIBERTY is NOT a Four Letter Word.)
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To: Signalman

Do you think they’ll ever use that stadium again?


52 posted on 12/12/2010 3:08:04 PM PST by Jean S
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To: Shady
Don’t worry, your arch rival Packers folded like a cheap suit today.

You are now my sworn enemy on FR ;-)
They really did stink today.

53 posted on 12/12/2010 3:11:02 PM PST by Jean S
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To: Shady

I agree Lucas Oil Stadium is a beautiful structure.
As is Conseco Fieldhouse.

But the sums of money we are allocating to sports teams is going to bankrupt the city.


54 posted on 12/12/2010 3:38:55 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Signalman

55 posted on 12/12/2010 5:11:06 PM PST by MozartLover (Love your freedom? Thank your military.)
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To: Jean S

Oh heavens yes.
It’s just a blow-up roof.

Replace a couple panels, inflate it up, dry out the field, and go.

Damage likely not that big a deal.
Same thing happened in Pontiac Mich.


56 posted on 12/12/2010 5:13:40 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Shady

The Twin Cities isn’t on that snow fall list because it is much too cold for most of the winter to have those huge snowfalls like NY gets.


57 posted on 12/12/2010 9:01:57 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: Signalman

The Vikings suck so bad, the roof caved in.


58 posted on 12/13/2010 5:38:01 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ("It isn't that Liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so" Ronald Reagan)
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To: Signalman
Metrodomedish
59 posted on 12/13/2010 6:01:40 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't skipper a boat, Can't drive, Can't ski, Can't fly. But they KNOW what's best!)
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