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Vikings will get their first look at a $5 billion home-away-from-home stadium

The first league victory by an NFL team from Minnesota occurred on Oct. 30, 1921, when the Minneapolis Marines of the then-American Professional Football Association beat the Columbus Panhandles 28-0 at Nicollet Park, a 4,000-seat venue built for the grand sum of $4,000 to house minor league baseball's Minneapolis Millers starting in 1896.

So, yeah, it's safe to say NFL stadiums have come a long way the past 100 years.

Sunday, the Vikings get their first look at SoFi Stadium when they play the Los Angeles Chargers. SoFi, opened a year ago in Inglewood, Calif., cost the prettiest penny in NFL history, weighing in at about $5 billion, a record by about $3 billion.