Snow Collapses Metrodome

[new_User1357246]

I actually heard that they didn’t play there because they had sold 70,000 tickets and that stadium only holds 50,000. (Well that was at least one reason). Another reason was that the Giants didn’t bring any of their outdoor equipment, so they had to find an indoor venue.

But yes, I am a native of that cold and snowy land and they can handle that kind of whether.

And that storm wasn’t the worst of all time. Nothing will beat the Halloween storm of 91.

Yeah they did mention all of those things on the news… I’m not completely convinced anyone had any idea what was going on yesterday.

And food for thought: was 91 actually worse or did it just seem worse since we were all outside trick or treating?

 

[irishpatrick]

Well that’s just silly - why doesn’t the person giving the money just give it? Save the time, effort, expense, nonsense of the pink uniforms, and just give the money.


~Liza

The pink color becomes a form of advertisement, which helps entice more people to give. It even helps men open their wallets.

 

[TedDC]

What I’m trying to figure out is why those guys up on the roof appear to be throwing the snow from the roof into the dome, rather than pushing it off the roof into the parking lot.

Actually, most of those guys up there just look really confused.

Since the lease is up on the place in a few weeks anyway, it would make sense just to take it down and put up something a little more sturdy, that can handle a Minnesota winter.

Exactly. I don’t see the logic in designing a permanent(?) building that depends on the continuous operation of a lot of machinery just to stay up. Seem like plain ol’ concrete and steel would have made things a lot simpler!

 

[Monte_RCMS]

It was just an el cheapo inflatable roof.

They said they would have it repaired in no time.

 

[lizaanne]

And there are thousands of people who have lost fathers, brothers, spouses, and grandfathers to prostate cancer/testicular cancer. What color should they wear if they support that?

Finding a cure is admirable; changing the uniforms for these things has no place in the sports arena. Put up the dough, give a public service announcement, and leave it at that.

Exactly. The pink-washing of the cause is just ridiculous. But that’s a topic for another discussion.

~Liza

 

[jilly4ski]

And food for thought: was 91 actually worse or did it just seem worse since we were all outside trick or treating?

Well considering there was 4 feet of snow on the ground the next morning in 91, It seemed worse than what you got this weekend. (Of course I was pretty little so my memory could be faulty).

 

[Catholic90]

And there are thousands of people who have lost fathers, brothers, spouses, and grandfathers to prostate cancer/testicular cancer. What color should they wear if they support that?

Finding a cure is admirable; changing the uniforms for these things has no place in the sports arena. Put up the dough, give a public service announcement, and leave it at that.

That was what Movember brought attention and money for. NHL Hockey was a huge supporter of that. Everyone who could grew a mustache in November. The largest gathering of mustachioed men was in the Excel Energy Center after a MN Wild Hockey game.

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I was there to witness this and I have a stick-on one they gave everyone at the game!!