STATE OF THE STADIUM: HUBERT H. HUMPHREY METRODOME

     Today we continue to profile the NFL's infrastructure  with
a look at the Metrodome in Minnesota.


  
 
    
STADIUM:
    
Hubert 
      Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN
  
  
 
    
AGE:
    
Completed 1982.
  
  
 
    
OWNERSHIP:
    
Owned and operated 
      by Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission — a governmental body.
  
  
 
    
COST:
    
$84M — debt of 
      $40M to be paid off by 2012.
  
  
 
    
LUXURY 
      SEATS:
    
115 suites — operated 
      by the Vikings. Pay MSFC $1M a year for the rights.
  
  
 
    
CAPACITY:
    
64,000 — 9th lowest 
      in NFL.
  
  
 
    
PARKING:
    
No parking with the 
      facility. All city or private lots — Vikings get no revenue.
  
  
 
    
GAME-DAY:
    
All game-day personnel 
      paid for by Vikings.
  
  
 
    
MAINTENANCE:
    
Maintenance on the 
      facility paid for by MSFC.
  
  
 
    
CONCESSIONS:
    
Volume Services. Vikings 
      receive 10% of revenue. City receives 55%, and MLB Twins get 35%.
  
  
 
    
ADVERTISING:
    
Sports Facilities Commission 
      handles all advertising. Vikings get no revenue.
  
  
 
    
LEASE:
    
The Vikings' lease 
      expires in 2012.
  
  
 
    
RENT:
    
$2.84M — 3rd highest 
      in NFL
  


(Source: Dennis Alfton, MSFC; rent figure from the Florida Times-
Union article on July 24, 1994.)