MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — There was an old, oft-repeated rumor that swirled around Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands like the wind for which the now-demolished stadium was famous.
Opponents of the Giants and Jets long speculated that the home team’s facility workers would open the big doors past the tunnel at one end of the stadium to increase wind gusts during strategic and often pivotal moments in a game, such as a visiting team’s field goal attempt.
There will be no such skullduggery at the Vikings’ new stadium.
The NFL informed the Vikings in late May that the league’s existing policy regarding retractable roofs and walls – requiring teams to make a decision, open or closed, no less than 90 minutes prior to kickoff – will apply to U.