Construction of the new home for the Minnesota Vikings has passed the 50-yard line.
Just over a year and a half since dirt first started moving on the former Metrodome site in downtown Minneapolis, the stadium is about 65 percent complete, according to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority.
Its towering, 95-foot-tall pivoting doors will open to the public just in time for the 2016 football season, with construction expected to wrap up in late July next year.
"We are right on schedule," said Michele Kelm-Helgen, chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority.
The innards of the billion-dollar stadium were buzzing Monday with hundreds of construction workers hustling to keep the project on track.