MINNEAPOLIS — U.S. Bank Stadium officially opened for business Friday, showcasing its fan amenities amidst fanfare of a one could possibly dream of.
Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer was already thinking how to create home-field advantage with help from Vikings fans. He paused from that briefly and became the first person to sound the Gjallarhorn inside the venue.
“I’m not much of an enjoyable person, I guess,” Zimmer quipped. “We just kind of … they told me to be here, so I’m here.”
Zimmer noted that he was in awe of numerous stadium features including the natural light shining through the ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) material that covers 60 percent of the roof and the pivoting glass doors that are at 55-feet wide and between 75 and 95-feet high.