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You came at me from all sides Tuesday with questions on the Minnesota Vikings' stadium design. I had a few answers but jotted down most of your thoughts for further pursuit. Let's use this post as a jumping-off point for what I consider the most rele...

The Minnesota Vikings revealed the proposed design of their new stadium Monday night and, as promised, it included a fixed roof with "operable" doors and transparent technology designed to give a very Minnesota outdoor "feel" within a climate-control...

Opening the roof over the new home of the Minnesota Vikings would have forced planners of the $975 million project to eliminate some of the fancy features.

Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings will unveil their proposed new stadium design in a red-carpet affair at the Guthrie Theater in downtown Minneapolis. Among other things, we will get official word on whether owner Zygi Wilf has decided on a retr...

So while I have a moment, I wanted to pass along some numbers that further explain why the Minnesota Vikings might (and/or should) pass on a retractable roof for their new stadium. We noted Monday that the Arizona Cardinals have closed their roof ...

The Minnesota Vikings are due to deliver a preliminary stadium design in about a month, and the best guess is that will include a fixed, non-retractable roof -- a decision that would end years of discussion about the fundamental nature of how footbal...

We're Black and Blue All Over: A Minnesota state senator plans to introduce a bill next week to delay construction of the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium until revenue streams for paying the public's annual share are secured. Many of you panicked w...

PHOENIX -- We have a bit of business to address from the first official day of the NFL owners meeting. As expected, the league's full ownership approved a $200 million "G-4" loan to the Minnesota Vikings' stadium financing plan. The money counts a...

At least two or three of you are asking what will happen if the primary source of public funding for the Minnesota Vikings stadium falls short of projections, as has been reported to be the case by several media outlets. For our purposes, the most...

A top state official overseeing the new Minnesota Vikings stadium said Friday she expects personal seat licenses to be priced in line with fees charged at the Twins' Target Field and the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium -- if the team pursues th

The Minnesota Vikings' architect selection for their new stadium, announced Friday morning, is revealing in at least one sense: Both NFL stadiums designed by the HKS Sports & Entertainment Group have retractable roofs. Vikings owners Zygi and ...

And you thought we were done with this silliness. Out of respect to those of you with stadium fatigue, I've stayed out of the anticlimactic (and little-known) final stage of the Minnesota Vikings' stadium approval process. But for the record, we s...

Just what you all wanted: NFC North blog readers will be treated to another week of "Dancing with the Stars" coverage. (Don't like it? I'll be happy to bring back hourly Minnesota Vikings stadium updates.) As you would most likely know by now i...

The Vikings stadium deal that Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law Monday involves plenty of public participation, but it also prevents the public from getting a look at the team's finances during their partnership to build the $975 million stadium.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Because none of you have gotten your fill yet on the Minnesota Vikings' stadium story, I made a rare daytime appearance outside of NFC North blog headquarters for a visit with team owners Zygi and Mark Wilf. I reported to th...

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