Where do players stay this year during TC? A Hotel? Go Home?
They had the dorms at Mankato. I hope they don't go home. I think its good to stay with each other during camp - it helps build team chemistry etc.
Anyways, anyone know what the team will do? Is there a Hotel near the new facility?
Was wondering that myself. Lotta memories of players hauling in window air conditioners and riding from dorm to field and back on bikes. I'm not aware of any overnight facilities at the new camp, so maybe the dorm lifestyle of training camp is just a thing of the past?
What about some of those 90 guys invited who don't have homes here?
@"suncoastvike" said: What about some of those 90 guys invited who don't have homes here?they will likely get a long term hotel room. and actually the roster limit is 90 and about 50-55 or so were on the roster/psquad last year so only maybe 35-40 need a place to stay.
@"MaroonBells" said: Was wondering that myself. Lotta memories of players hauling in window air conditioners and riding from dorm to field and back on bikes. I'm not aware of any overnight facilities at the new camp, so maybe the dorm lifestyle of training camp is just a thing of the past?It is weird that they won't be hanging in Dorms anymore. and Yeah, I think your right - a thing of the past. Bummer though, a great team-building experience lost.
I don't know, but Maybe they can pitch tents on the property / field - Bring out some BBQ's, have some fire pits to cook smores and roast marshmallows and tell scary stories to each other at night. :#
The Rams when they were in St. Louis would stay at the Embassy Suites Hotel. It was connected to a Convention Center I worked at. They had meetings (with meals) sometimes in both those places too (if they were talking X and Os or logistics I don't know). So I would assume they will make a deal with a Hotel or something. I kind of wish it was on property though. That would be so much cooler.
@"matt4787" said: The Rams when they were in St. Louis would stay at the Embassy Suites Hotel. It was connected to a Convention Center I worked at. They had meetings (with meals) sometimes in both those places too (if they were talking X and Os or logistics I don't know). So I would assume they will make a deal with a Hotel or something. I kind of wish it was on property though. That would be so much cooler.Thats my bet too -- some long stay place that will bus them to and from TCO.
Camping maybe we can all pitch tents together a special bonus if your zips neighbor in the morning could u imagine how happy he would be after sleeping all night on the dirt I would not want to be the first person he saw in the morning
Now that I think about it - I believe a Hotel is going to be built as part of the future development plan by the Wilfs of all that property they now have. So that will probably house the players in the future.
For now - I think others are correct in the idea that they will stay at some long term stay place and get bussed in. That will be one smelly bus after a long summer practice.
@"NorthernCalVike" said: Now that I think about it - I believe a Hotel is going to be built as part of the future development plan by the Wilfs of all that property they now have. So that will probably house the players in the future.
Yep.
I would guess that the hotel on site would be more for generating revenue for the team during the camp days that are open to the public. they are making Zygi world... kinda like they should have done up on the munitions site only it would have been much more profitable to have the stadium as well as the team HQ and then own all the developmental rights to the rest of the area.
@"JimmyinSD" said: I would guess that the hotel on site would be more for generating revenue for the team during the camp days that are open to the public. they are making Zygi world... kinda like they should have done up on the munitions site only it would have been much more profitable to have the stadium as well as the team HQ and then own all the developmental rights to the rest of the area.NO way in hell mpls was going to let the Vikings stadium get built anywhere other than where it ended-up. As a fan I would have loved acres of parking lot to tail-gate on.
As a MN resident, I am delighted and in awe of the transformation in Downtown Mpls East since the stadium was built.
@"purplefaithful" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: I would guess that the hotel on site would be more for generating revenue for the team during the camp days that are open to the public. they are making Zygi world... kinda like they should have done up on the munitions site only it would have been much more profitable to have the stadium as well as the team HQ and then own all the developmental rights to the rest of the area. NO way in hell mpls was going to let the Vikings stadium get built anywhere other than where it ended-up. As a fan I would have loved acres of parking lot to tail-gate on.As a MN resident, I am delighted and in awe of the transformation in Downtown Mpls East since the stadium was built.
I know, as a fan I am irked over what we ended up with for tailgating though. It's really a pretty shitty situation that will only get worse with the continued development .
@"purplefaithful" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: I would guess that the hotel on site would be more for generating revenue for the team during the camp days that are open to the public. they are making Zygi world... kinda like they should have done up on the munitions site only it would have been much more profitable to have the stadium as well as the team HQ and then own all the developmental rights to the rest of the area. NO way in hell mpls was going to let the Vikings stadium get built anywhere other than where it ended-up. As a fan I would have loved acres of parking lot to tail-gate on.As a MN resident, I am delighted and in awe of the transformation in Downtown Mpls East since the stadium was built.
I get the tailgate thing, but putting that building in the city (connected to development unlike the dome) was the smartest thing they could've done. I was just having this conversation with a buddy at a recent Rockies game. Denver has its baseball park, it's basketball and hockey arena and its football stadium within walking distance of each other. All downtown. And downtown is BOOMING with no end in sight. And a healthy center leads to healthy suburbs.In the 70s and 80s the trend was to build all these things out in the suburbs, and the cities suffered. It reminds me of that Yeats poem...Turning and turning in the widening gyre. The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold..
@"purplefaithful" said:@"JimmyinSD" said: I would guess that the hotel on site would be more for generating revenue for the team during the camp days that are open to the public. they are making Zygi world... kinda like they should have done up on the munitions site only it would have been much more profitable to have the stadium as well as the team HQ and then own all the developmental rights to the rest of the area. NO way in hell mpls was going to let the Vikings stadium get built anywhere other than where it ended-up. As a fan I would have loved acres of parking lot to tail-gate on.As a MN resident, I am delighted and in awe of the transformation in Downtown Mpls East since the stadium was built.
Exactly. Arden Hills was a pipe dream but also leverage. It's amazing how different it is downtown. The tailgating situation is kind of a bummer but not really surprising. I am glad the stadium is where it is.
Last I heard (awhile ago) the Vikings were going to buy out a hotel from mid-July through mid-August. That way they'd have their own space and the ability to meet both early in the morning and later at night. No idea if they were able to go through with that plan.
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