This morning Vikings executives addressed the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) regarding potential partnership opportunities at the Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center and TCO Stadium in Eagan. Vikings Chief Operating Officer Kevin Warren, Chief Financial Officer Steve Poppen and Executive Vice President Lester Bagley provided a construction update on the team’s future home and presented the organization’s vision for using the regional asset as a premier location for high school sports.
With the 6,000-seat (expandable to 10,000) TCO Stadium adjacent to the headquarters, the Vikings envision hosting multiple high school sports, including football, soccer and lacrosse. Today’s presentation primarily centered on a regular-season Friday Night Lights concept in which rival high schools around the state could perform in front of their fans on the same field their professional counterparts use for practice.