INSIDE OUT
Sunday, the Vikings will begin a two-year stint playing at TCF Bank Stadium while their new stadium is being built. Here is a comparison of two Vikings eras — their time in old Metropolitan Stadium (1961 to '81) and their 32 years in the Metrodome.
Metropolitan Stadium
Opened: April 1956
Vikings home: 1961 to '81
Overall regular-season record: 167-126-10 (.568)
Regular-season home record: 90-56-4 (.613)
Record, December home games: 13-6 (.684)
Record, home playoff games: 7-3 (.700)
Metrodome
Opened: April 1982
Vikings home: 1982 to 2013
Overall regular-season record: 264-239-1 (.525)
Regular-season home record: 163-88 (.649)
Road outdoor regular-season games: 70-120-1 (.369)
Record, home playoff games: 6-4 (.600)
KENT YOUNGBLOOD