Posted at: 09/28/2012 7:47 AM
Updated at: 09/28/2012 9:11 AM

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Architect HKS Chosen To Design New Vikings Stadium

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The architect who designed the stadiums for the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts has been chosen to design the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium.
 
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority announced the $34 million contract Friday with HKS Sports & Entertainment Group.
 
Authority Chairwoman Michelle Kelm-Helgen says the stadium authority and the Vikings made the choice together.
 
HKS beat out four other firms bidding to design the $975 million stadium on the site of the Metrodome, the team's current home on the eastern edge of downtown Minneapolis.
 
Groundbreaking on the new stadium is expected next year, with a goal of opening by 2016.

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