That is was a dumb decision. The weather here is too unpredictable to say every year in early April we are screwed, it was 65 degrees 2 weeks ago. I understand the sense in having a roof, given the unpredictable weather, but I have also sat in the Metrodome at least 20 times for the last 17 years and dreamed of the day we’d have an open air stadium. That being said, I’d rather sit in 40 degree weather and watch a game in April than to ever have to enter that mausoleum we currently call a baseball stadium ever again.

A retractable roof wasn’t in the budget, it would have been shot down by the legislature if they had proposed it. Frankly places like Miller Park feel more like football stadiums in the sense that you are inside, even when you are outside.

I also hate the argument that people from northern Iowa or the Dakota’s that come out to games won’t buy tickets because they will be worried about inclement weather canceling games. Well guess what, The other 2 million residents and I of Hennepin County are paying for the stadium so too bad…(in all seriousness though, I’m praying for Fargo, I hope they come out of this flood okay).

That being said, I LOVE the fact that it is an open air stadium, with no retractable roof. I realize to some this is nonsense, but how many of those people have had to endure 17+ years with such a horrid baseball stadium?