Vikings Stadium To Get More Escalators And TVs
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to pay for more escalators and more televisions in their under-construction stadium. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority approved Friday the...
View ArticleBig Crane To Help Build New Vikings Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A big crane is coming to help build the Minnesota Vikings new stadium. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and Mortenson Construction say one of the largest cranes in the world...
View Article‘No More Wiggle Room’ In Vikings Stadium Schedule
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The latest construction schedule for the Minnesota Vikings $1 billion stadium leaves “no more wiggle room,” a team official said Wednesday. Minnesota Vikings vice president...
View ArticleNew Vikings Stadium Now 17 Percent Complete
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — While the construction won’t be complete until 2016, recent updates show the new Minnesota Vikings stadium is now 17 percent finished. A report from the Minnesota Sports Facilities...
View ArticleGroup Leads Demonstration In Support Of Bird-Safe Glass At New Vikings Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The fight to have the new Minnesota Vikings stadium feature bird safe glass took to the streets Saturday. The Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis led a public demonstration across from...
View ArticleNew Vikings Stadium 20 Percent Complete
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The new billion dollar Vikings stadium is one fifth complete. Along the way, stadium organizers are making some costly changes but assure the Vikings team is picking up the cost....
View ArticleCitizens Continue To Call For Bird Safe Glass On New Vikings Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It wasn’t all about costs. Friday morning’s Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority hearing also centered around glass. Supporters of using bird-safe glass at the new Vikings stadium...
View ArticleMinneapolis Makes Final Bid For Final Four
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis made its final pitch Tuesday to host an upcoming NCAA Final Four. The steering committee for Minneapolis’ bid made a one-hour presentation to the NCAA men’s basketball...
View ArticleVikings Meet With Bird Advocates, 3M, On Bird-Safe Glass
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The new Vikings stadium has 200,000 square feet of glass as part of its iconic design. Glass fabrication is well under way, with installation beginning in February. But officials...
View ArticleMinneapolis Making Bid To Host College Football Playoff Title Game
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis will host the Super Bowl in 2018, and the NCAA Final Four the following year. Now, the state is looking for another big sports event. Monday night, officials were in...
View ArticleMSFA: No Bird-Safe Glass At Vikings Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The new Minnesota Vikings Stadium will not include bird-safe glass, despite months of impassioned pleas. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority made the final decision Friday....
View ArticleVikings Stadium Erects Itself Rapidly In Time-Lapse Video
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - The Minnesota Vikings reminded us on their Facebook page that it was one year ago yesterday when the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was deflated to make room for a new billion dollar...
View ArticleTrio Of Major Events Brings Sports Debate Back To Capitol
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A trifecta of major sporting events — the Ryder Cup, the Final Four and the biggest prize of all, a Super Bowl — are headed to Minnesota in coming years, all of them certain to...
View ArticleWilfs Pledge $19.5M More To Vikings’ Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Wilf family is pledging another $19.5 million toward the Minnesota Vikings’ stadium project to cover more of the costs in several aspects of building and surrounding areas. The...
View ArticleSection Of 5th Street Closes As Mpls. Reconfigures Downtown
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Officials in Minneapolis say a section of 5th Street by the new Vikings stadium construction site is slated to close Monday as part of a construction project to reconfigure how...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Bid To Deny Public Assistance To Super Bowl
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota senators won’t pull back from public assistance offerings for the 2018 Super Bowl in Minnesota. In a pair of votes Monday, the Senate rejected attempts to bar use of...
View ArticleMetro Transit Wants $6 Million For Vikings Stadium Transit Bridge
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150506193329740AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — When the Minnesota Vikings had a dome over their heads, it was a commotion on ten Sundays a year. And when the...
View ArticleVikings Stadium: Roof Truss Connected, Last Concrete Poured
http://media.minneapolis.cbslocal.com/CBSMIN_20150605191650793AA.mp4 MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Construction of the new Vikings stadium hit several key milestones this week. With just over a year to go...
View ArticleVikings Stadium Board Treasurer Duane Benson Resigns
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The panel overseeing construction of the new Vikings stadium is looking for a new member after its treasurer quits following a dust-up with the board’s chair. Duane Benson told...
View ArticleMcCarthy Elected Next President Of Minnesota AFL-CIO
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minneapolis area labor leader has been elected the next president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO. The Minnesota AFL-CIO General Board on Tuesday elected Bill McCarthy to head the...
View ArticleWill Downtown East Flourish From $1B Vikings Stadium?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis is just one year away from completion. And supporters of the $1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium made a lot of development promises to get it...
View ArticleMSFA, Mortenson In Dispute Of Millions In Vikings Stadium Costs
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and Mortenson Company will be going to mediation over millions of dollars in stadium construction costs. A statement released by the MSFA...
View ArticleMediation Set For November In Vikings Stadium Dispute
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The public authority overseeing the new Minnesota Vikings stadium and the main contractor building it are headed for a three-day mediation session next month over some disputed...
View ArticleMinneapolis Loses Out On 2020 College Football Title Game
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — On Wednesday, Minnesota lost a bid to New Orleans to host the 2020 College Football Playoff national championship at U.S. Bank Stadium. That’s after Minneapolis won two previous...
View ArticleScoreboards Being Installed At U.S. Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s another milestone for U.S. Bank Stadium this week as crews begin installing the scoreboards. For fans who remember the small video boards at the Metrodome, this will be a...
View ArticleFree Public Tours Set For U.S. Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — If you’re wondering what the inside of U.S. Bank Stadium looks like, here is your chance to find out. The Minnesota Sports Authority is offering free tickets, starting Friday. And...
View ArticleNE Breweries, Distilleries To Be Featured At U.S. Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Few things go together better than beer and football. So, when choosing what beer would be featured at U.S. Bank Stadium, it makes sense it had to be some of the finest beer there...
View ArticleAuditor: Stadium Officials Gave Nearly Half Of Suite Tickets To Friends, Family
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — The public officials who run U.S Bank Stadium acted unethically — but not illegally — by giving free luxury suite tickets to friends and family. That’s according to a tough new...
View ArticleVikings, MSFA At Odds Over Security Fence Around U.S. Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There is a strong difference in opinion among the organizations who operate U.S. Bank Stadium. It’s over the proposal to build a permanent fence surrounding the structure. Right...
View ArticleAmid Stadium Controversy, Bill Would Make Sweeping Changes To MSFA
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota House Committee is taking dramatic action to curb the use of luxury suites at U.S Bank Stadium. That’s after a public outcry over the controversial use of those suites...
View ArticleU.S. Bank Stadium Chair Kelm-Helgen, Executive Director Mondale, Resign
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Embattled U.S. Bank Stadium chair Michele Kelm-Helgen and Executive Director Ted Mondale have resigned, saying the controversy over the use of luxury suites at the facility “has...
View ArticleMSFA Names Rick Evans New CEO
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The beleaguered public agency overseeing the Minnesota Vikings stadium has named a new CEO. Rick Evans was approved as CEO and executive director by the Minnesota Sports Facilities...
View ArticleRepairs Needed At U.S. Bank Stadium Before Super Bowl, Vikes Season
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — U.S. Bank stadium will host some of the biggest sporting events in the country over the next nine months, including Super Bowl 52 and the X Games. In preparation for the upcoming...
View ArticleNew MSFA Chair Starts Saturday
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority will have a new, long-term chair come Saturday. Michael Vekich will take over for the interim chair of the authority, former Minnesota...
View ArticleWork Begins On Leaky Panels At U.S. Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – There are just 195 days until the Super Bowl comes to Minneapolis and officials want to make sure U.S. Bank Stadium is in tip-top shape. On Monday morning, workers are set to begin...
View ArticleMSFA: ‘Everything Is In Great Shape’ After Stadium Security Company Fired
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority held its first board meeting since U.S. Bank Stadium fired its previous security company Friday. Monterrey Security was terminated earlier...
View ArticleFans Experience Tighter Security With New Companies At U.S. Bank Stadium
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Security was noticeably tighter at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday after a tumultuous week for the organization that runs it. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority announced just...
View ArticleEagles Fan To Pay For U.S. Bank Stadium Chair Stolen After Super Bowl
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who stole a seat from U.S. Bank Stadium after the Philadelphia Eagles beat the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl has agreed to pay for its replacement. Stadium manager SMG...
View ArticleIt’s Curtains For U.S. Bank Stadium Before NCAA Final Four
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — March Madness is just around the corner, but Minneapolis is already gearing up for next year’s NCAA Final Four at U.S. Bank Stadium. Between now and then, the stadium will need an...
View ArticleHow To Catch Some NCAA Final Four Games And Get Paid
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s just 31 days until the NCAA men’s basketball Final Four games kick off in Minneapolis, and preparations are well underway. Workers are busy transforming a football stadium...
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