Why is Minnesota Spending $21 Million to Fix US Bank Stadium?
Why Does US Bank Stadium Already Needs Fixing?
Does someone have a copy of the warranty on U.S. Bank Stadium? Because even though the state-of-the-art venue that s hosted NFL games, the Final Four College Basketball tournament, college baseball games, as well as numerous concerts, isn t even six years old yet, if you drive by the home of the Vikings in Minneapolis, you ll notice that there s a massive $21-million construction project going on right now.
Actually, the fact that the 21-million dollar project was needed first came to light over a year ago, as this Fox-9 story notes. It s all because of those dark metallic zinc panels on the outside of the stadium. They re leaky. They ve had a history of falling off, of being blown off in the wind, and generally aren t really up to the quality one might expect from a stadium you ve on which you ve just spent a billion dollars ($1.1 billion actually) building.