The Metrodome as it shouldn’t be remembered

From the day we moved here in 1992, I never developed the hatred of the Metrodome that a lot of area sports fans did. So you’ll have to forgive me if I find that some of the pictures showing up on Twitter today some with a heaping helping of melancholy.

Standing on home plate #Twins and looking at center field in the Dome. #Vikings pic.twitter.com/v3KHaqoijZ

— Curtis Schmillen (@CurtisSchmillen) January 31, 2014

Inside the Dome yesterday. This is the north end zone suites. pic.twitter.com/18iFMPEQHG

— Curtis Schmillen (@CurtisSchmillen) January 31, 2014

This is from yesterday too. Along the #Vikings sideline. You can see the retractable seats are gone. pic.twitter.com/AI6sgfmJth

— Curtis Schmillen (@CurtisSchmillen) January 31, 2014

About the blogger

Bob Collins

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Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.