MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Following a decade-plus of lobbying and 2½ years of construction, the Minnesota Vikings have arrived at the grand opening of their new stadium, with the Green Bay Packers serving as the fitting visitors on the national stage of a Sunday night game.
The Vikings will unveil yet another starting quarterback in the history of this rivalry, too, a series controlled by the Packers since Aaron Rodgers assumed the signal-caller's role. Rodgers has extended what's been a remarkable run of stability and success at the sport's most vital position dating to the dawn of Brett Favre's career.