Today’s Vikings/Lions game was the final sporting event at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The stadium will be replaced by a new venue at the same location.
Being the final game at the Metrodome, there were bound to be souvenir seekers, and extra precautions were taken to see that people didn’t try to take home turf or anything else from the field:
Out comes yellow-jacketed security to make sure you don’t take souvenir chunks of turf. #FinalGame #Vikings pic.twitter.com/pQbIiTahw7
— Mark B. Abbott (@prestilinguist) December 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/GoesslingESPN/status/417387020345171968
Metrodome security ringing the field. If you want to storm field, I recommend running by the guy who looks like Chris Cook.
— Jim Souhan (@SouhanStrib) December 29, 2013
As a result of the on-field security, any other souvenir would have to suffice:
Took me awhile, but I found my Metrodome souvenir. pic.twitter.com/7tA6zsZGtZ
— Ken Chia, some guy online (@kcchia80) December 29, 2013
Some dude tried taking a garbage can out of the metrodome as a souvenir?
— Squint Master 96 (@holden_carter) December 29, 2013
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Stolen #Metrodome seat backs pic.twitter.com/GkqY6UIphU
— Aaron Goodyear (@acgoodyear) December 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/KaitlynGherity/status/417395422316216320
An attempt to get a souvenir was apparently unsuccessful for at least one person:
https://twitter.com/ajsather310/status/417408211407634432
But will the souvenir seeking end today?
who wanna break into the metrodome with me on new years eve?
— ATMOSPHERE (@atmosphere) December 29, 2013