Crews began inspecting the Metrodome on Monday, but an executive from the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, which oversees the storm-damaged facility, told the Chicago Tribune that a plan for the stadium won't be decided until Tuesday afternoon. The stadium's Teflon roof gave way early Sunday after a storm pounded the region, dumping 17 inches of snow on the city -- the fifth-heaviest snowfall in state history. No was hurt, but it wasn't clear when the stadium would reopen, leaving the status of the Vikings' home game against the Chicago Bears next Monday night in doubt. "By the end of the day Tuesday, we should have a better feeling for the exact time schedule,'' Roy Terwilliger, chairman of Amherst, N.Y.-based contractor Birdair Inc., which inspected the stadium Monday, told the Tribune. If the Vikings want to keep the game local, they might be running out of time. The University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium is the only other local option if the Metrodome is unfit for Monday night's game, and Scott Ellison, University of Minnesota associate athletic director in charge of facilities and event management, told the Minneapolis Star Tribune on Monday that the school would need five to six days to get its facility ready for the game. "Looking at what we have over there now, it would take us all this week to get the snow out," Ellison told the Star Tribune. Source: ESPN
