Facilities Venues

STATE OF THE STADIUM: HUBERT H. HUMPHREY METRODOME

12.16.1994

     Today we continue to profile the NFL's infrastructure  witha 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.)

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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