Vikings Add Half A Million Dollars To Stadium Contribution
By Adam Carlson
Yesterday, it was announced that the Minnesota Vikings would increase their contribution to the new stadium in Minneapolis by over $500,000. Today, we got a little more details on that from the official Minnesota Vikings website.
According to the article, the team’s contribution will go toward the following things:
- Mobile beverage carts in the concourses
- An additional elevator for convenience
- Improved skyway system to the stadium
- Upgraded executive suite level
- AND MORE!
This brings the stadium budget to approximately $1.024 billion. The public contribution for the stadium remains unchanged at $498 million, but the team’s contribution has now increased to $527 million.
Here is a great tweet from the Vikings official Twitter page about the progress of the new stadium and some cool facts about the new building:
The #NewVikingsStadium is more than 20% complete!
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) October 10, 2014
MUST-SEE stats about the new stadium --> http://t.co/5y5Mp1BIRV pic.twitter.com/xRpfgT8gYg
Minnesota will continue to play their home games at TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota until construction is complete on the new stadium for the 2016 NFL season. The stadium will be used for much more than just Vikings games, as it will also host events like the NCAA Final Four, soccer games, the Super Bowl and hopefully pay per view events like WWE wrestlemania as well as concerts from mega stars.
For a fast motion video of the stadium’s construction to this point, check out this video from the Minnesota Vikings official website:
It’s always good to see improvements being made to the new stadium. This will be the home for the Minnesota Vikings for what will hopefully be a very, very long time.