Chart: Metrodome by the numbers

December 27, 2013 at 6:22PM
Timberwolves play basketball in the Metrodome, April 1990. Brian Peterson, Star Tribune.
The Timberwolves spent their inaugural season in the Metrodome, setting NBA attendance records with less-than-ideal seating for viewing basketball. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

31.5 million: Hot dogs sold.

38.3 million: Beers sold.

49,551: Attendance for the final Timberwolves game in the Dome vs. Denver (fourth largest in NBA history).

26: Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame who played at least one regular-season game.

15: Players on the NBA 50th Anniversary Team who appeared vs. Wolves during the 1989-90 season.

4: Heisman Trophy winners who played in the Dome the year they won (Mike Rozier, Nebraska, 1983; Desmond Howard, Michigan, 1991; Eddie George, Ohio State, 1995; Ron Dayne, Wisconsin, 1999).

3: Players who recorded their 3,000th hit in the Dome (Cal Ripken Jr., Eddie Murray, Dave Winfield).

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