The Metrodome is in use about 300 days per year, he said, and most of those days don't involve a professional sports team. Amateur sports make up the bulk of the schedule.

Vikings' owner Zygi Wilf has made it known that he prefers an open-air football stadium that harkens back to the Vikings' glory days when they intimidated many opponents just by standing up to the frigid cold and nasty elements.


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"The idea is that Dome activities benefit everyone statewide, so the debate should engage the whole state," he said. "One of the interesting things that is emerging as we travel around is the activities directors at all these high schools, who are saying that the dome is an integral part of how their activities are presented. You're not just having teams coming down to compete in a tournament, it's busloads of people from the town. Without a climate-controlled facility, would that happen?" Crookston Times


“I think that the Twins and the University of Minnesota basically screwed up the Vikings’ situation,” said Johann Massmann, 44, of Silver Creek Township. “And I think the Minnesota Vikings are far more important to this state.” St. Cloud Times

The commission is holding public meetings in Moorhead, St. Cloud and Duluth this week to make its case that a new Vikings stadium complex would be valuable to people outside the metro area. Minnesota Public Radio