The new Minnesota Vikings complex in Eagan looms over rolling hills and wetlands in northern Dakota County, transforming what was once a largely blank canvas into a sports mecca.
Soon the team’s Twin Cities Orthopedic Performance Center will be surrounded by a new development called Viking Lakes, which likely will include housing, retail, offices and a hotel.
But the boom is generating mixed feelings among locals. Residents of some neighboring cities, Mendota Heights and Sunfish Lake among them, aren’t happy about the facility’s bright lights and the road congestion they worry will accompany training camp this summer and high school games at the stadium this fall.