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The Vikings are getting ready for a frigid night of football after officials said Tuesday that the Metrodome’s torn roof won’t be ready for Monday night’s matchup against the Chicago Bears, forcing the game to move to University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium.
Reported by the Associated Press
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Inspectors found that damage from the weekend snowstorm that dumped more than 17 inches in Minneapolis and busted through the Metrodome’s Teflon roof was worse than initially thought, according to the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. The Vikings immediately turned their “full attention to the University of Minnesota’s TCF Bank Stadium,” the team said in a statement. Vice president for public affairs Lester Bagley told The Associated Press that the NFL has agreed to allow the game to be played at the roofless Gophers’ football stadium. Workers at the university, meanwhile, began the daunting task of clearing tons of freshly fallen snow from inside the stadium, which opened in 2009 and never has hosted a pro football game. There are 20-inch-deep snow drifts throughout the facility, and much of it will have to be removed by workers with shovels rather than plows that might damage the stadium’s floors.
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