EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have an ambitious goal for development of the suburban property where they want to build their new headquarters, including retail, housing and a small stadium for youth football games.
Vikings executives held a briefing for reporters Friday in Eden Prairie at Winter Park, the cramped current facility the organization moved into in 1981. The Vikings announced Aug. 21 they’ve signed a purchase agreement for a 185-acre plot in Eagan, another southern Twin Cities suburb of 60,000-plus people.
The due diligence process has begun in earnest, increasing the probability the team will move operations about 15 miles east to be closer to the Minneapolis-St.