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Jackson Forderer

March 23, 2015 6:00 PM

Photos: Metrodome seats find a home among the Rebels

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Jon Feist checks for loose seats — Jon Feist checks for loose seats that need to be tightened as he and a volunteer crew installed old Metrodome chairs into the new United South Central athletic stadium in Wells, Minn., Saturday, March 21, 2015. Feist is a school board member at USC and designed the new stadium.
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Some of the Metrodome's old seats are getting a second life at a high school in southern Minnesota.

United South Central High, "Home of the Rebels," in Wells, Minn., bought old seats from the Metrodome to use in school district's new athletic stadium.

A volunteer group installed the seats on Saturday.

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The M logo for the Metrodome on aisle seats will be one of the reminders of the original location of the stadium seats.

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Jon Feist checks for loose seats — Jon Feist checks for loose seats that need to be tightened as he and a volunteer crew installed old Metrodome chairs into the new United South Central athletic stadium in Wells, Minn., Saturday, March 21, 2015. Feist is a school board member at USC and designed the new stadium.
Jackson Forderer | For MPR News

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Mike Schrader, right, and Pat Mithun — Mike Schrader, right, and Pat Mithun carry a set of five Metrodome chairs into the new athletic stadium at United South Central.
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