Vikes info continues to roll out

The Vikes had a year to forget in 2013 but this 2014 campaign thus far has beyond anything I could have imagined.

If it is not news about a player coming and going then it is stadium updates and if that is not enough then important dates this week have been released. Can things get any more exciting and to think the draft is a little over 30 days away?

The Vikes logo has been on a mad march through NFL Networks NFL Madness tourney which I wrote about earlier this week. The logo had gone in as the 13^th seed making it to the Super Bowl vs. the Raiders logo which is also 13^th seed from the AFC.

The new Vikings Stadium website has released some details about the new scoreboard going in the new stadium

New Stadium’s Video Boards will Dwarf Metrodome Versions

Wondering just how big the state-of-the-art, high-definition video boards will be inside the new stadium? Currently the design calls for the west video board to come in at 8,160 square feet (68×120), while the east board will measure in at 4,400 square feet (50×88). Those figures, however, do not include vertical programmable LED boards that will be on either side of each video board and will add another 1,290 square feet to the west board and 750 square feet to the east board.

Now for context, think about this – each of the Metrodome’s two video boards totaled 646 square feet (19×34). That means you could fit nearly 13 of the old boards inside the new stadium’s west video board. And if seeing it writing isn’t good enough, maybe this image will paint a clearer picture.

There has also been a construction update released this week:

If you are fortunate to drive past the new stadium construction site on a consistent basis, you’ve likely noticed the drastic changes that are taking shape week-by-week. With each passing day, what little rubble remains from the Metrodome continues to shrink while more of the new structure is assembled on the site’s east side. According to Mortenson Construction, more than 600,000 cubic yards of soil had been removed through March 31, or 71% of the expected 850,000 total cubic yards of soil that will be excavated. The earth retention walls surrounding the excavation continue to be installed, working westward across the north and south sides of the project, and on Monday, elevated concrete floor activities began. As always, you can watch the construction 24/7 on the team’s live stream camera.

On Monday April 1^st the organization submitted to the NFL the state’s preliminary bid to host the 2018 Super Bowl.

The team later in the week released some important dates regarding the team’s offseason program:


Voluntary Veteran Minicamp: April 28-May1
NFL Draft: May 8-10
Vikings Rookie Minicamp: May 16-18
Organized Team Activities (OTAs): May 28-30; June 3-5; June 9-12
Mandatory Minicamp: June 17-19 

As you can see after reading this that there is so much to read about.



Thanks for reading

Purplestick

Source: Vikings new stadium website