That’s just the beginning, and offerings are subject to change. Revival Chicken, a passionate favorite with the locals, offers two pieces with slaw for $16 and hot cheddar pork rinds for $7. A State Fair concession sells cinnamon rolls and beer-battered bacon cheese curds (from Ellsworth Creamery in Wisconsin). Twin Cities Foodie sells lemongrass chicken meatballs for $10. At Fire and Rice, Thai chicken curry is an option, but so is brat and cheese curd fried rice for $10. You’ll find rotisserie lamb by the bucket, starting at $15 for one-half pound, and 600 pounds were sold by halftime during an international soccer game last month. Sausage providers include Kramarczuk’s, a nearby Polish butcher and baker whose deli began business in 1954. More than one dozen Minnesota restaurants and other businesses are involved with expanding stadium food diversity. “Food has become such an integral part of the overall stadium experience and fans’ food sensibilities have changed, due to the advent of cooking shows and magazines, that it’s important for us to stay on trend and provide offerings that are fresh, local and innovative,” says David Freireich of Aramark, a nationwide provider of food services at major sports venues. Both chefs are James Beard Award winners. Bank Stadium menus to curate offerings and add his name to a couple of food kiosks in a partnership with Gavin Kaysen of Spoon and Stable restaurant. I compare it to the surge of change that airport food has undergone.Īndrew Zimmern of the Travel Channel, a Minnesota native, got his hands on U.S. Then there’s the food, the beginning of a Midwest revolution for stadium noshing. Sit on the team bench with life-sized statues of the Purple People Eaters – the defensive line of Eller, Jim Marshall, Alan Page and Gary Larsen, who all went to the Pro Bowl in 1969. Put on a helmet to enter a world of virtual reality and catch a pass or hit a tackling sled. The interactive Vikings Voyage, accessible to any ticketholder, tells team history and highlights. “Everything was designed for the game day experience,” says Sue Arcand of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, which owns and operates the stadium. It is next to the Vikings locker room, and players pass through the club on their way to and from the field. In the Delta Sk圓60 Club is field-level seating behind the home team’s bench. In Mystic Lake’s Club Purple are five levels of cushy purple couches instead of stadium seats, plus an outdoor deck with a city skyline view. Former Vikings Carl Eller and Matt Blair contribute pottery and photography, respectively.Īlso in the collection is a series of enlarged, hand-drawn football trading cards, a hand-painted and cartoonish floor-to-ceiling mural, and a “Purple Rain” tribute to native son Prince, the pop star who died in April (the life-sized portrait weaves in song lyrics).Įach of six club seating areas has a unique design. Inside the nearly 30-story-tall and seven-level structure are 50 commissioned works by Minnesota artists, oils and watercolors about regional history to unique Viking shields and helmets. Outside on a three-acre plaza is the 160-foot-long Legacy Ship, resembling a Viking-era vessel, with a curved mast that doubles as a humongous video board, standing 55 feet above ground. There is no retractable roof, but the sun shines in. This is where athletics and artistry harmonize. The structure’s design challenges common presumptions about sports arenas, particularly enclosed ones. PHOTOS: The best shots from Packers training camp The $1 billion architectural marvel already is deemed grand enough to host the 2018 Super Bowl and 2019 Final Four. This is now: The Minnesota Vikings’ first home game of the NFL season, against Green Bay on Sept. vice president – as the “Hump Dome.” Hard to believe it was the only venue to host a Super Bowl, NCAA Final Four, MLB All-Star Game and World Series. Nosebleed seats should have come with binoculars.įriends referred to the annoying arena – named after Hubert H. Subpar lighting made it easy to lose track of the ball in play. The bubble of a sports stadium, open since 1982, smelled like sweaty gym socks and sounded like an over-amplified echo chamber. It was hard to feel much sorrow for the loss in Packerland. MINNEAPOLIS - A 17-inch December blizzard tore the puffy roof off the Minneapolis Metrodome in 2010, and three years later the Teflon-coated dome would collapse for the fifth and last time. Watch Video: Tour of the Vikings' new stadium
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