The Vikings are treating Sunday as a "grand reopening" of sorts for U.S. Bank Stadium, where fans will return for the team's home opener after being unable to attend games for all of 2020 because of COVID-19.
They'll host a kickoff concert for up to 7,500 four hours before game time in Commons Park just to the west of the stadium. Osmo Vanska — in his final year as Minnesota Orchestra music director — will conduct "Symphony of the North," a composition by former Prince keyboardist Tommy Barbarella, before a brass quintet from the orchestra plays the national anthem.