It’s been a long time since the name Red McCombs was uttered in the same sentence as the Minnesota Vikings. However, he was a huge part a franchise’s history as the team’s owner after he bought the team in 1998 and then sold it to the Wilf family prior to the 2005 NFL season.
However, McCombs was best known for his posturing. He was constantly using the threat of the Minnesota Vikings relocating to coax the state of Minnesota, the city of Minneapolis, and other investors into building a new stadium. Sadly, those words were lost on most people, since the Vikings were still locked into a deal that made the Hubert H.