When configured as a basketball arena, the fans in the nearby bleachers got a suitable view of the court, but the action was difficult to see in the upper decks.
Concessions were very far away from the temporary infrastructure.
The Metrodome as a basketball arena was much larger than most NBA and major college basketball arenas, which run to about 20,000 seats; it functioned like Syracuse's large Carrier Dome.
However, the NCAA made a significant amount of money selling the high number of seats for regional and championship games for the men's basketball tournament.

Ten NCAA tournaments have taken place at the stadium:


 
1986 1st and 2nd round
1989 Midwest Regional
1991 1st and 2nd round
1992 Final Four
1996 Midwest Regional
 
2000 1st and 2nd round
2001 Final Four
2003 Midwest Regional
2006 Minneapolis Regional
2009 1st and 2nd round
 
The Timberwolves used the stadium for their home games during their inaugural season (1989–90) in the NBA while the team waited for construction of Target Center to be completed.
The team set NBA records for the highest single-season attendance ever: 1,072,572 fans in 41 home games.
The largest crowd for a single game occurred on April 17, 1990: 49,551 fans watched the T-Wolves lose to the Denver Nuggets in the last game of the season.
This was the third largest crowd in NBA's history.
When configured as a basketball arena, the fans in the nearby bleachers got a suitable view of the court, but the action was difficult to see in the upper decks. Concessions were very far away from the temporary infrastructure. The Metrodome as a basketball arena was much larger than most NBA and major college basketball arenas, which run to about 20,000 seats; it functioned like Syracuse's large Carrier Dome. However, the NCAA made a significant amount of money selling the high number of seats for regional and championship games for the men's basketball tournament.
Ten NCAA tournaments have taken place at the stadium:


 
1986 1st and 2nd round
1989 Midwest Regional
1991 1st and 2nd round
1992 Final Four
1996 Midwest Regional
 
2000 1st and 2nd round
2001 Final Four
2003 Midwest Regional
2006 Minneapolis Regional
2009 1st and 2nd round
 
The Timberwolves used the stadium for their home games during their inaugural season (1989–90) in the NBA while the team waited for construction of Target Center to be completed. The team set NBA records for the highest single-season attendance ever: 1,072,572 fans in 41 home games. The largest crowd for a single game occurred on April 17, 1990: 49,551 fans watched the T-Wolves lose to the Denver Nuggets in the last game of the season. This was the third largest crowd in NBA's history.
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome