The new home of the Vikings, U.S. Bank Stadium is nearly 90-percent completed, and is set to open this July. But there's one small detail the team needs to work out: Changing the name of the street that runs by the new facility.

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It seems that, for some odd reason, the Vikings-- the only professional football team in Minnesota-- doesn't want their new stadium to be located on Chicago Avenue, thereby giving a nod to one of their arch rival cities in the NFC North.

Instead, BringMeTheNews says, the team would like to rename part of that street that's located in front of the new, billion dollar stadium. The story says, "The team applied to the City of Minneapolis to rename a stretch of Chicago Avenue that runs alongside U.S. Bank Stadium to 'Vikings Way.'"

And, the Minneapolis City Council is set to take up the issue Monday night. "The Vikings application was reported last month by the Star Tribune, with the city’s planning commission set to make its decision on the name change this coming Monday," the story says.

The team is thinking they won't have much of a problem getting their proposal approved, the story says, noting that the Twins applied to change the name of a portion of Third Avenue North to 'Target Way' when Target Field opened in 2010.

I guess I see their point. You don't want all your team stationary featuring your new billion dollar facility to have one of your competitor's name in the address. Although, as a Packers fan, I'd suggest their could rename the street 'Green Bay Boulevard"-- that's got a snappy ring to it!

 

 

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