Photo: #Volunteers clearn snow from TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, to make way for a Minnesota Vikings game to be played there on Monday after heavy snow collapsed the roof of the Metrodome over the weekend.
Photo: #Volunteers wait in line TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. The volunteers were there to help clear snow off of the field and stadium to make way for an impromtu Minnesota Vikings game to be played on Monday.
Larger view
Volunteers clearn snow from TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, to make way for a Minnesota Vikings game to be played there on Monday after heavy snow collapsed the roof of the Metrodome over the weekend. (MPR Photo/Tim Nelson)
View full slideshow (2 total images)

More from MPR

TCF Bank Stadium prepped for Vikes
December 16, 2010

U confident TCF Bank Stadium will be ready for some football
December 15, 2010

MPR News
Radio

Listen Now

On Air

BBC World Service

Schedule

Shortcuts
Hourly Newscast
Hosts
Station Map

Other Radio Streams from MPR

Classical MPR
Radio Heartland

Services

UMN says stadium shoveling response overwhelming


Minneapolis (AP) — The University of Minnesota says the response to a call for shovelers at TCF Stadium has been overwhelming.

With hundreds of people showing up to get the stadium cleared of snow for a possible NFL game, the university said Thursday at midmorning that it no longer needed help until Friday.

U officials say anyone interested in helping can check in at the stadium at 8 a.m. on Friday.

The university promised between $9 and $10 an hour to remove snow from seating areas, concourses and the playing field. The Minnesota Vikings are waiting for NFL approval to use the stadium for its game against the Chicago Bears after the Metrodome roof caved under the heavy snow.

----

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Your Voice




Related Topics



Become a sponsor

Most Shared

  1. DFL lawmakers hint that some sales tax increases may go away
  2. Waiting for an addict to hit bottom is a death sentence, say Moyers and Scheff
  3. 23 authors whose books could change your life
  4. Dishing up trash: New look for sustainable seafood
  5. Minnesota tied for 5th place among nation's fastest-growing economies

Latest News & Features


News Cut

with Bob Collins

  • Mary and Bob (6/18/13)

    All the failed plots because of domestic surveillance, peace talks with the Taliban, who spent the big money on lobbying at the Capitol, another bear attack, and the woman who doesn’t want to be paid with a debit card from McDonald’s. Here’s today’s news conversation with Mary Lucia on The Current.