MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The daunting task of removing snow from the buried TCF Bank Stadium has begun.
Scott Ellison, assistant athletic director for facilities at the University of Minnesota, says workers started removing snow from the outdoor stadium Tuesday in case the Vikings need the field for their Monday game against the Chicago Bears.
The Vikings aren’t sure they’ll be able to use their usual home field – the Metrodome – after its roof collapsed in a snowstorm. Ellison says the Vikings have agreed to pick up all costs for snow removal, as well as game-day expenses.
Ellison says the stadium has snow drifts as tall as five feet in some areas. The plan is to have groups of 100 workers working four-hour shifts for 16 hours a day to remove the snow.
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