What do we do?
Almost everything that doesn't include taking your ticket or serving you beer. In addition to the Fargodome as most know it (the main arena), the building also has 8 meeting rooms which need to be set up and torn down regularly. We handle setting up and tearing down everything from church services to trade shows to concerts to wedding dances throughout different parts of the building. Generally we do a lot of room configuration which is moving a lot of chairs and tables but we're also getting into theater season which includes a 44'x80' stage, temporary tiered seating and curtains to convert the bowl into our 3500~ seat theater setting. We usually work in crews of 6-20 depending how large our conversions are and how many people are available to work. There are also up to 6 supervisors that work -with- the crew (myself included).

Our shifts are typically 6pm-(whenever we're done, usually 9-11pm) weekdays and variable on the weekends. In addition to those we have full days for shows. You can work as little or as much as you want - your shifts are up to you. A couple of us regular employees have put in 400-450 hours this year so far.

Starting hourly rate is somewhere in the $8-8.50 range for general conversion staff. If you put in the work and show you're competent there are increased rates for things like Fork lift operator, spotlight operators, and riggers. Usually we like people to work regularly for a few months before they are considered for these positions however. An additional perk/privileged is you usually get to watch shows for free - usually from the press box.

This is typically a college student type job but we do have a number of guys and gals that use this as a source for a little extra income. It also doubles as an exercise program for a couple people - it's a big building and we get to travel a lot of it.

** We're looking for help IMMEDIATELY (for Friday/Saturday particularly) so if you are interested please fill out an application and drop it off at the Fargodome offices (upstairs from the lobby) during regular business hours or get it to me.

If you have any questions let me know and I'll try to answer them.

I'll give you a quick breakdown of our schedule for the next month.
Wednesday, September 26th @ 6pm (Meeting rooms and prep for the Carrie Underwood Concert)
Thursday, September 27th @ 6pm (Set arena for Carrie Underwood
Friday, September 28th @ 10am (Carrie Underwood crew shows up and starts work)
Saturday, September 29th @ 8am (Carrie Underwood concert - this will probably go until 1 or 2am)
Sunday, September 30th @ 2pm (Set arena back to astroturf)
Tuesday, October 2nd @ 6pm (Meeting rooms)
Thursday, October 4th @ 6pm (Meeting rooms)
Saturday, October 6th @ 4pm (Meeting rooms and some prep for the Timberwolves game)
Monday, October 8th @ 6pm (Meeting rooms and more prep)
Tuesday, October 9th @ 6pm (Probably set the basketball floor and close the arena down to a small set)
Wednesday, October 10th @ 9pm (Long night for meeting rooms and a switch from the basketball floor to football)
Saturday, October 13th @ 5pm (Meeting rooms and convert from turf to theater set)
Sunday, October 14th @ ? (Toby Mac concert)
Tuesday, October 16th @ 6pm (Theater back to turf)
Monday, October 22nd @ 6pm (convention in lobby and concourse)
Thursday, October 25th @ 6pm (Meeting rooms)