Minnesota Star Tribune 12/12/10: The Metrodome roof collapsed early Sunday morning and the Vikings-Giants game that had been rescheduled for Monday night at the Dome will be played in Detroit instead. The 9.5-acre Metrodome roof tore in three places shortly after 5 a.m., said Roy Terwilliger, head of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Aerial photos show the roof tore in two places in the center and one near the edge of the roof.
(Roy Terwilliger, head of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission.) said normal procedures were being followed Saturday, with workers on the roof itself using steam and hot water to melt and remove snow. Also, the heat inside the Dome was turned up and hot air was pumped into the in-between layers.
"That didn't work," Terwilliger said.
"Then it got dangerous for personnel up on the roof and we decided for the sake of safety to take them off," he said.
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