US Bank Stadium

US Bank Stadium
The Ship
The west facade in July 2016
Earlier names
New Minnesota Stadium (project name)
Data
place	900 South 5th Street Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455
Coordinates	44 ° 58 '26 "  N , 93 ° 15' 29"  W Coordinates: 44 ° 58 '26 "  N , 93 ° 15' 29"  W
owner	Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority
operator	Spectacor Management Group (SMG)
start of building	3rd December 2013
opening	July 22, 2016
First game	3 August 2016 Chelsea FC - Milan 3-1
surface	Artificial turf (FieldTurf) parquet
costs	1.1 billion US dollars
architect	HKS, Inc.
capacity	66,665 seats 70,000 seats (maximum)
Societies)
Minnesota Vikings ( NFL , since 2016 )
Events
Minnesota Vikings Games International Champions Cup 2016 X-Games 2017, 2018 Super Bowl LII (2018) Final Four of the 2019 NCAA Division I Basketball Championship

The US Bank Stadium is an American football - stadium in the US city of Minneapolis in the state of Minnesota . The stadium is the new home of the Minnesota Vikings from the National Football League (NFL) and was completed in June 2016. It is located on the site of the previously demolished Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome where the Vikings fought out their home games from 1982 to 2013, before the construction phase in the TCF Bank Stadium on the campus of the University of Minnesota moved. The stadium has 66,665 seats. It can be expanded to a maximum of 70,000 places.

history

Although the Minnesota Vikings would have liked to have either an open stadium or one with a closable roof, the US Bank Stadium was built with the roof permanently closed. The reason was, on the one hand, the additional costs for a closable roof and, on the other hand, the governments of the state of Minnesota and the city of Minneapolis did not want a permanently open stadium to be able to use it for sports other than American football and other events such as concerts in winter. However, as a kind of compromise solution, the south side of the roof is provided with a transparent ETFE film system and therefore allows a lot of daylight into the interior. On the west side of the stadium, the glass front has five hydraulically pivoting glass doors with an area of ​​almost 3,000 m² . The Minnesota Vikings must decide whether the doors are open or closed up to 90 minutes before a game. Although the area is twice as large, the new stadium should be much more environmentally friendly than the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. The energy consumption will be lower by 16 percent. Water consumption could be reduced by 37 percent. The use of LED lighting technology should also save energy in this area. In December 2015 the two LED video walls from Daktronics were installed in the stadium. The screen in the east is 29 meters wide and 16.7 meters high. On the opposite side in the west it measures 36.6 meters in width and 24.4 meters in height.

The total cost to build is $ 1.1 billion , of which $ 348 million from the State of Minnesota, $ 150 million from the City of Minneapolis, and $ 551 million from the Vikings and private donors be taken over.

On June 3, 2016, the Certificate of Occupancy , similar to an operating license, was issued for the US Bank Stadium . Thus the stadium is fully usable for the Minnesota Vikings. The inauguration took place on July 22, 2016. The next day there was an open house at the US Bank Stadium.

On August 3, 2016, the new building was officially inaugurated with a soccer game. The Chelsea defeated in the first major event in the sold out with 64,101 spectators home to AC Milan with 3: 1.

On February 4, 2018, the Super Bowl LII took place at the US Bank Stadium. The Final Four of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship of the College Sports Association of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) also took place here in April 2019 .

The namesake is the US bank , which acquired the naming rights and pays 220 million US dollars for it in 25 years.

facts and figures

• Cost: 1.1 billion US dollars
• Stadium area: 1.75 million sq ft (162,580 m ² )
• Seats: 66,665 (expandable to a maximum of 70,000)
• Club seats: 8,200
• Club lounges : 7
• Stadium suites : 131
• Wheelchair spaces (including companion): 690
• Fan shops : 2
• Restaurants : 1
• Width of stadium aisles: 32 to 50 ft (9.75 to 15.24 m)
• Toilets: 979
• Sales outlets: 430 (336 permanently installed)
• Video walls : Two with an area of ​​12,560 sq ft (approximately 1,167 m ² )
• HD - flat screen TV : 2000
• LED - floodlight
• WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
• Elevators : 11
• Escalators : 33
• Premium parking spaces: 2,500

gallery

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  The stadium interior with football field in July 2016

Web links

Commons : US Bank Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• US Bank Stadium website. In: usbankstadium.com (English)
• US Bank Stadium (Vikings Stadium). In: stadiumdb.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Stadium by the Numbers. ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: vikings.com (English) 
2. ^ Vikings unveil design of new stadium. In: espn.com. May 14, 2013, accessed November 13, 2017 . 
3. ↑ The NFL's First Translucent Roof Is a Super-Tough Monster . In: WIRED . ( wired.com [accessed April 18, 2018]).
4. ↑ Video of the doors in the US Bank Stadium. In: stadionwelt.de. June 28, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
5. ↑ US Bank Stadium is more environmentally friendly than its predecessor. In: stadionwelt.de. April 23, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
6. ↑ US Bank Stadium: Scoreboards are being installed. In: stadionwelt.de. December 4, 2015, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Wilfs pledge $ 19.5M more to stadium. In: espn.com. March 26, 2015, accessed January 13, 2016 . 
8. ↑ Christopher Gates: US Bank Stadium Ready For Occupation. In: dailynorseman.com. June 3, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
9. ↑ US Bank Stadium operational - ahead of schedule. In: stadionwelt.de. June 6, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Inauguration of the US Bank Stadium. In: stadionwelt.de. July 22, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Will Ashenmacher: An open house for 200,000? Vikings' US Bank Stadium can handle all that purple. In: twincities.com. July 23, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
12. ↑ US Bank Stadium inaugurated with soccer game. In: stadionwelt.de. August 5, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
13. ^ Rochelle Olsen: US Bank Stadium inaugurated with soccer game. In: startribune.com. August 4, 2016, accessed February 4, 2018 . 
14. ↑ Kevin Patra: Super Bowl LII headed to Minnesota. In: nfl.com. Retrieved January 13, 2016 . 
15. ^ Howard Sinker: US Bank to get naming rights for vikings stadium. In: startribune.com. Retrieved January 13, 2016 .