Metrodome Seats

Almost 12 years ago, I posted about driving to the Metrodome to buy a set of seats I had bought as they were dismantling the dome to make room for the Viking's new monstrosity.   

Shortly after that post, I learned of a welding company in the Twins Cities that was making legs for them so they could be used as standalone seats.  This was not trivial, because the seats were designed to bolt into a concrete step that was parallel to the seatback, rather than directly to the floor.  They weren't cheap, but they are very well made and work great.

As I recall, if you were buying full seats, you did not have the option of requesting specific seat numbers, or maybe you could, but you had to pay more.  I didn't request anything specific, but lucked out and got seats numbers 4-7.  Three of the four numbers match the jersey number of a Hall of Fame player for the Twins:

4 - Paul Molitor

6 - Tony Oliva

7 - Joe Mauer

Naturally, I decided to have those players sign the seatback associated with their jersey number.  I wasn't sure what to do with #5, as there was no Hall of Fame player that matched it.  Michael Cuddyer was a great player, but not a Hall of Famer.  So, I decided to have other Hall of Famers from the team sign seat #5 regardless of their jersey number.  So far, I have Jack Morris and Jim Kaat and hope to add Carew and Blyleven soon.

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