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Super Bowl LII
Tim Nelson
Minneapolis

Photos: Vikings stadium 90 percent complete

The U.S. Bank stadium is 90 percent complete.
Every day, more than 1,300 people still report to work at the stadium site, between two shifts that run from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. At the top, workers are installing sound baffling and re-doing part of the snow gutter, where a moisture barrier didn't completely stop last fall's rains along the edge of the roof.
Tom Baker for MPR News

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With just 149 days to go before the Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis is finished, officials showed off the progress today.

The $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium is now more than 90 percent complete. The field is still nothing more than a gravel pit, but there's carpet laid in some luxury boxes, televisions installed on the concourse and heat pumping through the building.

Mortenson Construction's project superintendent Dave Mansell said on a media tour Tuesday that some parts are practically ready for fans.

"We have several places, back of the house, and concession stands that are punched out already, meaning the architect has done their punch list," he said. "We're right on schedule. We're not ahead, because you can't get ahead on a project like this. But we're not behind, either."

Even so, there are nearly a million collective hours of work still to be done.

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The stadium will host the Super Bowl in 2018.
Fans will likely get their first look at a game in early August. The stadium is scheduled to host Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4, 2018.
Tom Baker for MPR News
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The U.S. Bank stadium is 90 percent complete.
Every day, more than 1,300 people still report to work at the stadium site, between two shifts that run from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. At the top, workers are installing sound baffling and re-doing part of the snow gutter, where a moisture barrier didn't completely stop last fall's rains along the edge of the roof.
Tom Baker for MPR News
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Construction workers hang from scaffolding
Construction workers hang from scaffolding at the west end. "All the big, high, heavy work is done," Mansell said. "We're also finishing up all the electrical, mechanical work up in the catwalk, and we'll start punching our way from the top down."
Tom Baker for MPR News