TCF Bank Stadium
| "The Bank" | |
 Homeside of stadium in October 2011
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 TCF Bank Stadium
Location in the United States
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| Address | 420 SE 23rd Avenue |
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| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44°58′34″N 93°13′30″W / 44.976°N 93.225°WCoordinates: 44°58′34″N 93°13′30″W / 44.976°N 93.225°W |
| Owner | University of Minnesota |
| Operator | University of Minnesota |
| Capacity | 50,805 |
| Record attendance | 54,147 (September 3, 2015 vs. TCU) |
| Surface | FieldTurf Revolution |
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| Broke ground | September 30, 2006 |
| Opened | September 12, 2009 |
| Construction cost |
$303,386,606 ($339 million in 2017 dollars) $7 million Vikings upgrades |
| Architect |
Populous (formerly HOKSport) Architectural Alliance Studio Hive |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates |
| Services engineer | R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP |
| General contractor | M.A. Mortenson Company |
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Minnesota Golden Gophers (NCAA) (2009–present) Minnesota Vikings (NFL) (2014–2015) Minnesota United FC (MLS) (2017) |
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TCF Bank Stadium is an outdoor stadium located on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Opened in 2009, it is the home field of the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference, and the temporary home of Minnesota United FC of Major League Soccer.The stadium also served as the temporary home of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) for the 2014 and 2015 seasons during the construction of U.S. Bank Stadium. The 50,805-seat "horseshoe" style stadium cost $303.3 million to build and is designed to support future expansion to seat up to 80,000.
It is the first new Big Ten football stadium constructed since Memorial Stadium at Indiana University opened in 1960. TCF Bank Stadium also boasts the largest home locker room in college or professional football and one of the largest video boards in the nation.Super Bowl winning coach and former quarterback for the Golden Gophers Tony Dungy called the stadium "unbelievable" and Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter said that the on-campus facility "will give the University of Minnesota a chance to compete not only in the Big Ten but nationally for some of the best athletes".
The stadium is the third on-campus stadium and fourth stadium used for U of M football. Previous venues have been Northrop Field, Memorial Stadium, and Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It is the first of three spectator sports stadiums that have been built for the major tenants of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome – the Gophers and two professional teams, the Minnesota Twins baseball and Minnesota Vikings football teams.
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