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Vikings Owners Buy 185 Acres Near MSP Airport With Eyes On New Practice Facility

The Wilf family, which owns the Vikings, has "signed a surprise purchase agreement for 185 acres in Eagan that once served as Northwest Airlines’ headquarters," according to Rochelle Olson of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE. If all "goes well with purchase negotiations, the team will build new practice and corporate facilities in Eagan and move from its outdated Winter Park home in Eden Prairie." Vikings Exec VP/Public Affairs & Stadium Development Lester Bagley said, "The (current) Winter Park site is very challenging. There’s not enough flexibility for what we want to do." Bagley "declined to say what the Vikings paid for the property." Olson noted the Vikings "have been clear that they’re looking to move from their 12 acres just off of Interstate 494 in Eden Prairie because of a need for more outdoor playing fields, better weight rooms, media rooms, locker rooms and more office space." The land in the purchase agreement "is 6 miles from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport." If the sale "goes through, the Eagan land would keep the Vikings on one of the Twin Cities’ major east-west freeways while moving it closer to both downtowns and the airport." The Vikings "have been running the business out of three separate office buildings." The team "also has office space at Winter Park and in a neighboring office building" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 8/22).

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