[NU Sports] Univ of Minnesota stadium to host NFL game

[Joe Thiegs]

I'll be across the street from TCF Bank Stadium at Williams Arena in about
an hour.  Can't say I'm going to help shovel, though--I've done enough of
that at my own house in the last week!  I think it's very fitting to have
this game outside, since they're honoring the "50 Greatest Vikings" (
http://www.vikings.com/50/greatest-vikings/index.html), many of whom will be
there along with Bud Grant, who, I believe I remember hearing, refused to
let players have heaters on the sidelines.  :)  -Joe

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at romaine.tssi.com> wrote:

> Not a lot of other Big Ten related news today, so I thought it might be
> worth mentioning that the Vikings have decided the Metrodome roof
> cannot be repaired in time to host the Bears on the 20th, so they're
> planning to move the game to TCF Bank Stadium, home of the Minnesota
> Gophers.
>
> The current forecast for Monday night is for single-digit temperatures.
> Frozen tundra, anybody?
>
> They've put out a call for volunteers to come help shovel the snow from
> the stadium seating area, and they still haven't announced how they're
> going to handle the ticket issue, complicated by the fact that TCF Bank
> only seats 50,000 and there are 54,000 Vikings season ticket holders.
> (Whether beer sales will be permitted has also not been announced, I don't
> know if the NCAA or the Big Ten has any rules covering that.)
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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