U.S. Bank Stadium

[ECtransplant]

I feel like I'm going to hate the NFL even more after it annexes downtown like Russian Crimea

[mplser]

Nice analogy. Im glad ill be renting my condo out for about $10,000 and getting the hell out of town for this

[mamundsen]

We missed commenting on it... They put up a 5th tower crane earlier this week at the stadium. WOW!

[mamundsen]

Not terribly exciting, but I just saw a tweet that the Vikings are paying the fee to increase the number of TVs in the new stadium from 800 up to 2,000.

Coupled with the increased sive of the main video board someone is worried about conpeting with the NFL on FOX.

[HiawathaGuy]

Other fun facts from the article...

In other action, M.A. Mortenson Co. provided an update on construction, previewing the arrival of the star attraction of the project: the biggest, tallest crane.

The crane starts rolling onto the site in pieces later this month. It takes 65 truckloads to haul. Assembly is required. The crane will be ready to pick up its first piece of steel on July 31. The biggest piece to be hoisted: 600,000 pounds.

Mortenson senior vice president John Wood reported that 400 people are now working on the site daily. In total, 100,000 cubic yards of concrete will be poured. So far, they've poured 17 percent of that, he said.

Wood said that through the end of May, $89 million worth of work has gone into the site in six months even though much of it has been in the hole and not visible to the public. Typically, that amount of work takes two years, he said.

[Nick]

I'm slowly figuring out how to use the panoramic function on my camera.

[holmstar]

Has the live cam been down a lot for anyone else, or is it just me?

[mister.shoes]

Not just you.

[lordmoke]

They've started constructing a roof truss in the basin of the stadium. It's going to be exciting to see steel start to go up on this.

[HuskyGrad]

Edit: Question answered.

[lordmoke]

The crane starts coming today. This is going to be quite the sight:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikin ... 73191.html

[TommyT]

"No word yet whether the Vikings will play." Someone thinks they are funny.

[mamundsen]

Is this picture part of the crane or the main steel support beam???

https://twitter.com/vikings/status/483736815384272896

The wording makes it sound like that is the beginning of the crane. Really????

[HuskyGrad]

Is this picture part of the crane or the main steel support beam???

https://twitter.com/vikings/status/483736815384272896

The wording makes it sound like that is the beginning of the crane. Really????

Is the beginning of the structural framing. The crane has a structure that has tubular members.


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[holmstar]

In the left of that image, you can see some yellow tractor treads behind the red crane. Those treads are for the BIG crane.

[holmstar]

The big crane appears to be getting raised today.

[moda253]

Supposed to be full erect by tonight.

This announcement brought to you by viagra.

[Nathan]

Supposed to be full erect by tonight.

This announcement brought to you by viagra.

totally off topic, I once saw an old old picture of Duluth's aerial bridge with the caption " Minnesota's largest erection"

[grant1simons2]

Thought it would be Paul Bunyan

[Nathan]

nice.