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Making the Metrodome a Two-Sport Star, Fast

MINNEAPOLIS — By the time the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers finish their tie-breaker game Tuesday to decide the Yankees’ opponent in the American League division series, stadium workers at the Metrodome might be snoozing wherever they can lay their heads.

That game will be the third in three days that requires converting the Metrodome — one of three multipurpose stadiums still serving as home to a Major League Baseball and an N.F.L. team — from baseball to football and back again.

The Twins and the Tigers will play at 4:07 p.m. Central time Tuesday to decide the A.L. Central Division champion, about 17 ½ hours after the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers were to conclude their “Monday...

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