Vikes Want Gophers Stadium As Back-Up, Now They'll Get It...

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Since Vikings owner Zygi Wilf lost a reported $9-million in the shifting of the Vikes-Giants game to Detroit, the Vikings are looking to keep their next home game in town.

If the Metrodome can't be repaired by the Bears game on the 20th, TCF Bank Stadium on the Minnesota campus is the desired Number Two space...

Here's the details on that idea...
They're actually doing live shots outside...


PM UPDATE: The Bears game on Monday will be played at the TCF Bank Stadium. The University of Minnesota is already preparing the stadium. Officials say the biggest issue with the stadium is the amount of snow.

Yeah...??? Ya think...???

Metrodome officials said the stadium roof repairs will not be done in time for the game, so the Vikings will play outdoor football in Minnesota for the first time in 31 years.

"We have four to five-foot drifts from blowing snow on east end of the field, concourse, upper levels," said University of Minnesota Facilities Manager Scott Ellison. "It's going to be a monumental task to get all the snow out."

Here's a reminder what outside football is like up there...
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