With a year of construction down and less than two more to go, the Vikings stadium construction team is winding down bringing subcontractors and suppliers into the project.
Minorities and women are playing a big role in the construction of the $1.025 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis, but there is room for improvement on the stadium parking ramp project.
There’s nothing like a $1 billion stadium project in a busy downtown area to give traffic planners headaches. Throw in a few other big projects, and the challenges mount.
Fears that glass at the new Vikings stadium could kill birds have taken flight across the river in St. Paul after the City Council approved a resolution last week asking stadium designers to include measures like bird-safe glass that protect birds.
Completion is roughly 630 days away and the big cranes, more than a dozen of them, still have a lot of work to do in what someday be a playground for professional football players.
Bird safety trumped an announcement Friday that the new Vikings stadium is 23 percent complete and that team ownership will chip in another $518,000 for amenities and other requests.