"Everybody Nike Football Cleats was walking around, looking at their shoes," said Bill Lester, the executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, the public agency that operates the Metrodome. "Everybody who works for us entered the industry because of the desire to work in events, being around people celebrating and having fun."
Lester ushered a visitor around the stadium on Friday while ironworkers put the finishing touches on the roof and the Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly field crew finished the paint job. The project cost about $23 million, including $18 million for the roof. It was covered by insurance with a $25,000 deductible.
"There's definitely an extra hop in everybody's step around here," Lester said.
Little success is predicted for the Vikings this season by outside analysts and skeptical fans, but the team has quietly expressed confidence in bringing the life back to a place former owner Red McCombs often called the "noisiest stadium in the NFL Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly."
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