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NFL Could Block Vikings Stay At TCF Bank Stadium
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Posted By: Sweets 01-27-2012 , 02:18 PM
   

The NFL is annoyed with the idea of the Minnesota Vikings playing up to three seasons at TCF Bank Stadium. There is the $67 million financial hit, not to mention potential logistical nightmares while waiting for Metrodome 2.0 according to Brian Murphy of the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. And league owners still would have to sign off on this concept before the Vikings play a single down at the University of Minnesota. "I can tell you there won't be a lot of happy campers among the membership (owners)," said a person close to the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of stadium negotiations. "TCF is a gem, but it's not an NFL stadium." "Capacity is way reduced," the person close to the situation said. "It's a different atmosphere for visiting teams, not as much of a home-field advantage for the Vikings. Nobody has figured out how the team will fill that loss of revenue hole. There's still a lot of wood to chop."

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Heinz Field: Ground broken June 1999; first football game was September 2001.

Lincoln Financial Field: Ground broken May 7, 2001; first game (soccer) was August 2003.
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Colts stadium broke ground September '05, and first game was August '08.
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1.5 Years if you count the offseason, thats how long it took to build the stadium down here for the Zips I believe. Its a brand new stadium
College Stadiums are built on the cheap generally though.
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I would think they are also smaller in most cases as far as facilities, offices, extras go...
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The TCF Bamk stadium is a huge revenuenloss for the NFl as owners will not out of therenpockets to make upmthe difference. TCF Bank Stadium has no luxury suites and personal seatmliscenses those things that drive revenues.
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Maybe the Vikings can move in to St. Louis. They're about ready to be evicted with their trip to Europe...lol.
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