UPDATED: Vikings Seek Volunteers To Help Shovel Out Field
UPDATE: According to Zach Zaidman, the exact location for the Bears-Vikings still hasn't been determined, and the deadline for that decision is still uncertain. The Vikings would prefer to play at TCF Bank Stadium, to ensure that it remains as much of a home game as possible.
Updated on December 15, 2010 at 1:55PM
(WSCR) - The weather hasn't been a friend to the Minnesota Vikings over the last week or so. First, snow collapsed the roof at the Metrodome, forcing the Vikings to play the Giants in Detroit's Ford Field. Now it appears that the Vikings are having difficulty clearing TCF Bank Stadium of snow, in preparation for the Bears-Vikings game.
Vikings fans are being asked to help dig out the University of Minnesota campus stadium in time for Monday night's Vikings game with the Chicago Bears.
Workers are scrambling to remove snow from bleachers, concourses and the field at TCF Bank Stadium. The university will host the NFL game because the snow-damaged Metrodome roof won't be fixed in time.
The problem is that snow is piled up at the stadium in five-foot drifts in some areas.
The university says it will take shoveling volunteers every day from Thursday through Sunday. The school will even provide the shovels if necessary.
Originally posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:25PM
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