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Is it just me or is US Bank Stadium falling apart, again?

By Joe Johnson

If you can say anything about me it’s that I LOVE getting up in the morning. There are few things are pleasurable as the sun hitting ones eyes, that morning stretch, a fresh cup of Folger’s original, and … Jumping jacks to get the old heart a palpitating.

As you can tell from my inability to finish that sentence, I am a bad liar.

I was up earlier this morning, though, and ended up driving by our beloved US Bank Stadium (or as the cool kids call it, US Stank Stadium) via 35w (or as the cool kids call it, Bee Hive … Stank) and noticed something was missing.

Is it just me or are some of those panels yet again missing from the left side of the stadium? Once I went under the bridge it also appeared that some of the glass was missing on the upper-right of the stadium, however I couldn’t get a snap of that because I didn’t want to… What’s the word for it? Oh yeah, die.

As we all know this wouldn’t be the first time that US Bank has had major issues both externally and internally.

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/repair-of-u-s-bank-stadium-exterior-panels-to-cost-21-million

They’ve spent $21 million to fix external panels that apparently had something to do with a leak?

https://www.startribune.com/u-s-bank-stadium-s-faces-21-million-in-leak-repairs-over-the-next-two-years/568281792/

Then there’s the issue that the Vikings play on the field, which depending on what the COVID cap will be in 2021 will be about $180 million wasted.

I kid because I love.

Oh, and small tangent, that school bus on 35 totally jackknifed before I got there.

Then again, the could just be repairing some of the panels, but I didn’t see any equipment (and they are 12 months removed from fixing almost the same panels last February).

Stay tuned!

Joe Johnson

Joe Johnson started purplePTSD.com back in 2015 & purpleTERRITORYradio.com in 2019, and purchased VikingsTerritory.com before the 2017-18 season , used to write for VikingsJournal.com and is the host of the ’Morning Joes’ & ‘About the Labor’ Podcasts, as well. Follow on Twitter: @vtPTSD

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  • $21M for the panels (1st time). Good business, reward them with another contract to fix their bad design. Fix n repeat. Whats the company's stock symbol....I want in. Now the heating company is making good on this too. Let's roll this all into a new SPAC, including replacements for jacknifed buses...whatever that is. Or give us a winning Viking team.

  • Just tear off the roof and let’s enjoy the home field advantage we had in the 70’s...you know...the one that the Packers and Bears enjoy....and the one that the Vikings and Lions don’t have!!!! When they tore down the Metrodome I thought we’d get a nice outdoor stadium and home field advantage??? I was wrong again??!!!!