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Giants @ Vikings game date postponed.

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BuckWrestler141

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This game has been moved back to Monday night due to the weather and to give Favre another day to heal. (Just kidding about Favre... I think)

The decision was made by NFL executives on Saturday night after they initially said they planned to have the game remain a noon kickoff on Sunday. A primary issue was the amount of snow on the roof of Mall of America Field at the Metrodome.

Steve Maki, director of facilities and engineering for the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, said the seven workers who were trying to remove snow from the Metrodome roof Saturday night were told to come down because of the high winds.

"There is no structural issue occurring but we have a pretty heavy snow load up there and the way the wind was blowing it was getting really nasty for our crews so we pulled them down and we're going to have them back up there tomorrow morning to remove the snow."
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Hopefully Notre Dame takes note of this.
 
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/12/heavy-snow-collapses-metrodome-roof/?hpt=T2

Heavy snow collapses Metrodome roof

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Heavy snow has caused the roof of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to collapse, a spokesman for the Minnesota State Patrol said Sunday.

A blizzard that hit the Midwest prompted officials Saturday night - before the roof collapsed - to postpone Sunday's scheduled NFL game between the Minneapolis Vikings and New York Giants. A statement from the Vikings cited "unsafe conditions related to the Metrodome roof and the weather."

The game was rescheduled from Sunday afternoon to Monday night, the team said.
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Tonyank;1832687; said:
FIFY??

this makes 0 zero sense to me, am I missing something ??
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Tonyank;1832690; said:
thing is : Monday Night Forecast for Univ of Minn TCF Bank Stadium: NEGATIVE 3 degree, Wind Chill: Negative 13. 10% chance of snow.
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why does it make zero sense?
minny's stadium only holds 5k less than the metrodome.

they're playing a game in Chicago today in cold, windy, snowy conditions.

that makes more sense than them all flying down to New Orleans (like ESPN said is an option) just to play in a dome.
 
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Nutriaitch;1832692; said:
why does it make zero sense?
minny's stadium only holds 5k less than the metrodome.

they're playing a game in Chicago today in cold, windy, snowy conditions.

that makes more sense than them all flying down to New Orleans (like ESPN said is an option) just to play in a dome.
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he said minnys dome. minny does not have a dome. They have a new stadium and its outside.

The giants did not bring any cold weather things too Minn, they brought things for an inside dome game.

My money is on Ford Field.
 
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