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University of Minnesota Athletics
Metrodome Unable to Host Baseball Through March
12/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
The Minnesota baseball program will be unable to play its home games in February and March at the Metrodome.Minnesota will work with the programs who it is scheduled to play in the Metrodome in the month of March to come up with alternate plans. Those plans will be revealed once the Gophers have worked with the respective teams on the final details.
The games that are affected by this announcement are the annual Legends and Pro Alumni Game on Feb. 5 at 6:35 p.m., Minnesota's game against Washington State on Thursday, Mar. 3 at 6:35 p.m. all six games of the Dairy Queen Classic, all six games of the Metrodome Tournament, a pair of games against North Dakota on Mar. 22-23, a three-game series against Cal Poly on Mar. 25-27 and a two-game series against Cal State Bakersfield on Mar. 29-30.
"With 32 games at the Metrodome the well-being of the facility obviously has a big impact on our program," said Minnesota Head Coach John Anderson. "At this point, we are working with the opposing teams that are affected to make alternate arrangements. With the recent developments in this situation, we do not have any definitive answers regarding those plans. As soon as we finalize those arrangements we will release them publicly."
The Metrodome has not made any announcements regarding the use of the facility past the month of March. The Gophers have 16 games in the Metrodome in the months of April and May. Those include four home Big Ten series against Purdue (Apr. 1-3), Northwestern (Apr. 15-17), Iowa (Apr. 29-May 1) and Ohio State (May 19-21). That slate also includes a two-game series against Kansas State (Apr. 5-6) and singles games against St. Thomas (Apr. 13) and South Dakota State (Apr. 20).
The games that are affected by this announcement are the annual Legends and Pro Alumni Game on Feb. 5 at 6:35 p.m., Minnesota's game against Washington State on Thursday, Mar. 3 at 6:35 p.m. all six games of the Dairy Queen Classic, all six games of the Metrodome Tournament, a pair of games against North Dakota on Mar. 22-23, a three-game series against Cal Poly on Mar. 25-27 and a two-game series against Cal State Bakersfield on Mar. 29-30.
"With 32 games at the Metrodome the well-being of the facility obviously has a big impact on our program," said Minnesota Head Coach John Anderson. "At this point, we are working with the opposing teams that are affected to make alternate arrangements. With the recent developments in this situation, we do not have any definitive answers regarding those plans. As soon as we finalize those arrangements we will release them publicly."
The Metrodome has not made any announcements regarding the use of the facility past the month of March. The Gophers have 16 games in the Metrodome in the months of April and May. Those include four home Big Ten series against Purdue (Apr. 1-3), Northwestern (Apr. 15-17), Iowa (Apr. 29-May 1) and Ohio State (May 19-21). That slate also includes a two-game series against Kansas State (Apr. 5-6) and singles games against St. Thomas (Apr. 13) and South Dakota State (Apr. 20).
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