A sold-out crowd of 5,000 will join the Vikings in Eagan on Saturday for the beginning of the 2018 season and a new era of training camp.
For the first time in 52 years, the Vikings are starting their preseason training somewhere other than Mankato. This year, they're at their new home at the site of the former headquarters of Northwest Airlines.
Players were expected to step onto the natural grass practice fields for the first public sessions of the season. Rookies have been in camp since midweek. The gates were to open for fans at 9 a.