Also on Monday, members of the media toured the state-of-the-art space that’s 65 percent complete, and learned about what remains.
“We remain confident that this is going to be the best stadium in the NFL, the best fan experience in the NFL, the most technology-advanced stadium when it opens, so we’re very excited about it,” said Lester Bagley, Vikings Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Stadium Development.
Mortenson construction executive Eric Grenz outlined some of the major upcoming milestones by month:
August: the first seats will be installed
Nearly 40,000 — or roughly 80 percent — of the 49,000 season tickets available via Stadium Builder’s Licenses have already been claimed for 2016.