Vikings may have to rent Commons Park for games at U.S. Bank Stadium

U.S. Bank Stadium is a great facility with tons to offer and a recent court ruling may force the Vikings to pay to use the nearby Commons Park on game day.

Fans of the Minnesota Vikings who have attended games at U.S. Bank Stadium have likely stood in awe at the massive facility and large commons area jam-packed with interactive booths, a longhouse, vendor stands, and much more.

Previously, the team was able to use Commons Park without paying extra. However, a new court ruling may force the team to pay to use the area each year.

According to KSTP, a court ruling by judge Bruce Peterson has been made transferring operations of Commons Park from the city of Minneapolis to the Minneapolis Park & Rec Board. The transfer is something the Minnesota Vikings will likely need to deal with soon if they want to be able to use the area during games.

"“The city needs to redo this agreement and make the Vikings pay $2-million a year, to use the park,” he said following Peterson’s initial ruling according to KSTP.  “The Minneapolis Park Board wanted nothing to do with this four years ago because they said it was not a good deal in the interests of taxpayers and they were right.”"

Considering how the team uses the Commons Park area on game day, this shouldn’t be too much of a problem. However, it will be a change and an extra expense which will go into operating the team for the eight home games the team has during the regular season and any playoff games they host.

While this shouldn’t impact the team on the football field in any way, it will be interesting to see how the team responds to this change. It’s difficult to believe they wouldn’t pay to keep the experience of attending a game the same as it has been, but stranger things have happened.