USE OF THE METROPOLITAN STADIUM

Use of the metropolitan stadium since 1982


About 73 million people have visited the Metrodome since it opened in 1982, making it the country's most versatile, heavily used stadium. It also is the only public stadium in the country that does not rely on a continuous tax subsidy and beside that the construction bonds were paid off 14 years before their due date. The total $68 million cost of construction of the Metrodome came in $2 million under budget.

The Metrodome is the only stadium in the world to have hosted all of the following: the NFL Super Bowl (1992), Major League Baseball's All-Star Game (1985), two World Series (1987, 1991), and the Final Four of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship (1992, 2001). 

* Out of more than 300 event days per year at the Metrodome, less than 100 feature professional or major college sports. The rest of the event days are used by high schools and colleges, concerts, community activities and other events.