Appearances in Popular Culture
- In 1997's The Postman, Kevin Costner's character states that in post-apocalyptic American President Richard Starkey governs "From the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. You know, where the Vikings used to play?"
- The first game between the Buzz and the Twins in Major League: Back to the Minors is played at the Metrodome.
- The Metrodome is one of the main settings of the 1994 film Little Big League, which is centered around the Twins.
- On a Saturday Night Live skit, the Metrodome was mentioned as the location of an underground rock festival soon after the 2010 roof collapse.
- Another SNL skit featured the Metrodome as the site of a Monday Night Football game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Vikings though the focus was on the game's announcers, including Dennis Miller, who were parodied.
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