Architect Chosen To Design New Vikes Stadium

 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The architect who designed stadiums for the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts has been chosen to design the
Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium.
 The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority announced the $34 million contract Friday with HKS Sports & Entertainment Group.
     Authority Chairwoman Michelle Kelm-Helgen says the stadium
authority and the Vikings made the choice together.
     HKS beat out four other firms bidding to design the $975 million
stadium on the site of the Metrodome, the team’s current home on
the eastern edge of downtown Minneapolis.
     Groundbreaking on the new stadium is expected next year, with a
goal of opening by 2016.