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Eagan City Council votes to move ahead with Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings learn Tuesday whether their future lies east in Eagan.

The Eagan City Council’s evening agenda included a decision on whether to endorse the team’s plans for a mixed-use development on the former site of the Northwest Airlines headquarters.

Minor quibbles over traffic studies and the size of a sign aside, the drive down Highway 494 from Eden Prairie has been a smooth one for the Vikings. Eagan politicians and planners have been eager to get the 185-acre Northwest Airlines site redeveloped.

The Vikings are ready as well. Its new $1.1 billion gameday home, U.