EAGAN, Minn. -- Out with the old, in with the state-of-the-art, world-class, brand-spanking-new team headquarters for the reigning NFC North champs.
Eighteen months of construction and 450,000 work hours later, the Minnesota Vikings moved into their new digs after the NFL combine and unveiled the massive 227,000-square-foot facility Friday.
At the Twin Cities Orthopedic Performance Center, players, coaches and support staff will have access to amenities not available at every NFL facility. Everything is housed under one colossal roof, from a training room with dual cryotherapy chambers (enough to fit four players at once, three if Linval Joseph is among the group) to a not-so-average cold/hot tub and underwater treadmill setup to a locker room so posh and spacious -- complete with fireplaces and plush leather couches -- that players might never have reason to leave.