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Metropolitan Stadium seats
Mark Satterstrom
651-674-7777
mark@vendiamo.com

In 1985, when Met Stadium was being demolished, 2500 wooden seats were sold to a high school in Mandan, North Dakota, for a new ballfield they were building. Rows of seats were removed from Met Stadium and loaded onto seven semi trailers. But when they arrived at the building site, the disgusted contractor informed the city that the seats, meant for concrete risers, were far too heavy for the wooden stands they were constructing. Meaning, they could not be used.

An enterprising fellow, Darryl Itrich, purchased them from the city. With the rows laid out, he broke every other seat, which left him with about 1200 individual seats, and a few dozen doubles. He sold them to collectors for many years. Finally, as storage costs began to exceed his sales, Darryl moved the remaining seats to his friend’s farm field, where they stayed for about 6 years.

Then, in August, 2006, I purchased them, and brought them home to Minnesota. Since then I have saved about 40 seats that had most of their original paint intact, and have been slowly refurbishing the rest, a few at a time, to sell to collectors and Twins/Vikings fans. Two of the seats I have refurbished are owned by Twins broadcaster Dick Bremer, and one of those currently resides in his Target Field office. He broadcasted the first game played at the Twins' new Target Field in April, 2010, while sitting on one of those Met seats.

In 2011 my good friend John "JJ" Jensen located a hoard of plastic Met seats that had found their way up north. We purchased them all - about 300 seats, and brought them back to clean, refinish, and offer to collectors and fans of the old Met.

These Metropolitan Stadium seats are very solid, and guaranteed 100% original, including the bolts, nuts, and washers. There were three original colors: of wood seats: green, blue, and teal. I have matched the original colors almost perfectly, but generally offer only blue and green, as they are most popular and show off autographs the best.

Metropolitan Stadium Seats - Restored

After you order, call or email and tell me what seat number you want.

(Mounting stands included)

Refurbished Blue Wood Seat
Includes pair of black mounting stands
Your choice of number
Available now

Refurbished Green Wood Seat
Includes pair of black mounting stands
Your choice of number
Available now

Metropolitan Stadium Seats - Unrestored
(Mounting stands included)

As-is condition seats. These are the last 2 wood Met Stadium seats I have left that are in original condition. Please call to confirm availability.

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Kent Hrbek autographed Met Stadium seats

Seat Back (assorted numbers)

Seat Bottom

Complete seat with stands (assorted numbers

Minnesota Kicks (1976-1981) Team Captain Alan Merrick signed Met Stadium seat slat

Blue, green, or teal wood Met Stadium slats in original condition, signed by Alan Merrick on January 22, 2025

Featured autographed Met Stadium seats:
Chuck Foreman 1973-1979 Minnesota Vikings
and
Bud Grant 1967-1983, 1985 Minnesota Vikings Head Coach, NFL Hall of Fame

In 2018, Chuck Foreman signed some refinished wood Met Stadium seats, both green and blue, and added an inscription to each, such as: "We loved Met Stadium," "Cold weather was our best friend," "No heaters at Met Stadium, and so on. Later, I visited Bud Grant, and he added his signature to the seats as well, with the notation: "HOF '94."

Seats signed and inscribed by Chuck and Bud are $325.00 plus shipping. Please call or email for availability.

On June 30, 2022, I met with Tommy Kramer, and he signed 25 Met Stadium seats for me. These wood seats are painted Vikings purple, with Vikings yellow standards and stands, and feature Tommy's uniform #9 as the seat number. Autographed top slats are also available, for wall display.

From Wikipedia:

Milwaukee County Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Opened in 1953, it was primarily a baseball park for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves and later the Milwaukee Brewers. It was also used for Green Bay Packers football games, ice skating, religious services, concerts, and other large events. Its final season was in 2000, when it was replaced by the adjacent Miller Park.

These are vintage wooden seats, made in the 1950s by American Seating Company. The wood is from different ballparks, except the middle back slat, which is from Milwaukee's County Stadium. The original Milwaukee County Stadium wood seat back slat has some of its original green paint showing on the back of each chair for authenticity. The standards were sandblasted and powder coat painted yellow, and the wood was painted in official Brewers blue, and Packers green, as sold by Menards, a Wisconsin-based company. The seats are very solid and weigh close to 50 pounds each, and include stands as shown, which turns them into functional chairs.

The seat numbers represent two of the great Hall of Fame players of their era: Bart Starr (#15) of the Packers, and Robin Yount (#19) of the Brewers.

The Packers are best known for playing their home games at historic Lambeau Field, but they also played many games at County Stadium.

USPS shipping is $75.00 per seat, and they will be shipped disassembled. Reassembly is simple and I can walk you through the process if necessary (nobody has ever needed much help.) Local pickup in east central Minnesota (Rush City, Harris, North Branch area) is of course free. Thanks for looking.

Complete stadium seat including the back middle slat from County Stadium, with Certificate of Authenticity as displayed on the left. Painted Packer Green, with yellow standards and stands as shown. Seat #15 represents Packers great Bart Starr, who wore that uniform number. Seat will be shipped disassembled, but reassembly is easy.

Complete stadium seat including the back middle slat from County Stadium, with Certificate of Authenticity as displayed on the left. Painted Brewers Blue, with yellow standards and stands as shown. Seat #19 represents Brewers great Robin Yount, who wore that uniform number. Seat will be shipped disassembled, but reassembly is easy.