What’s sure to become the ultimate tailgating accessory for Minneapolis Vikings football fans this year has hit the market at the Minnesota State Fair. Thanks to Duluth Pack, makers of bags and tents, the collapsed roof of the Minneapolis Metrodome has been reborn as a duffel and shell bag, appropriately part of the “Domer” collection. The stadium’s white fabric dome collapsed in 2010 under the weight of Minneapolis’ plentiful snow, the fourth time such an event has occurred.

The torn remnants of the roof were put up for sale and businessmen, Jim Cunningham and Tim O’Phelan, picked up the inner of two layers of the roof on a “total whim” for $4,000, according to the Duluth News Tribune. The roof’s outer layer was sold to farmers to cover their fields and a small portion went to sports fans looking for a momento.

After a few years in storage, the three-acre inner layer of the Teflon-coated fiberglass covering has been cleaned and sliced into panels for the limited edition bags. Cunningham and O’Phelan approached Duluth Pack realizing the material’s rugged potential. “You can’t rip it. It’s waterproof. It’s kind of like the materials Duluth Pack uses,” O’Phelan told the News Tribune.

If you can’t make it to the Minnesota State Fair, the bags are also offered for sale online at Duluth Pack’s website. Bags range in price from $160 to nearly $500.

Minneapolis is currently moving forward with plans for a dramatic new Vikings stadium designed by architecture firm HKS. AN recently sat down for a Q+A with the architect working on the project, Bryan Trubey.

[H/T Ballpark Digest.]