EAGAN, Minn. — Sid Hartman and Bud Grant — two Minnesota icons — have enjoyed interconnected lives since first crossing paths on the campus of the University of Minnesota in 1945.
Their paths that were close in proximity, then far, then close again, always have been marked by a sincere friendship.
Now, they’ll share a connection inside Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center, the Vikings sparkling, modern headquarters that celebrated its ribbon-cutting on Friday.
The Vikings made sure to include a permanent office for Grant inside TCO Performance Center, and the Hall of Fame coach is regularly at the facility — except when the ducks are calling — enjoying the retro-styling of his space and continued relationship with the club as a consultant more than 30 years after hanging up his coach’s whistle.