The terms “bold” and “iconic” have been used frequently to describe the design of U.S. Bank Stadium, but another phrase, “authentic sustainability,” has been important since its inception.
As the state-of-the-art venue approaches completion this summer, today’s celebration of Earth Day is an opportunity to illustrate several behind-the-scenes green aspects of a building that will be linked with Vikings purple.
The Vikings, MSFA and architectural firm HKS aimed to garner LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification from the start.
Texas-based John Hutchings, HKS’s sports principal-in-charge of U.S. Bank Stadium, told Vikings.com in a phone interview Thursday that the form of the building, with its distinctive and asymmetrical, high-pitched roof is a “direct response to your harsh climate.