The U.S. Bank Stadium Super Bowl experience

February 3, 2018 at 9:40PM
The sun rises above US Bank Stadium Friday, January 19, 2018 in Minneapolis, MN. ] ELIZABETH FLORES ï liz.flores@startribune.com
U.S. Bank Stadium took 3,497,834 hours to build, and if forecasts hold up, it will host the coldest Super Bowl in history — 8 degrees outside. Inside? Room temperature. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

All-time low

Sunday's high will be around 8 degrees, according to AccuWeather. That will set the record for the coldest kickoff temperature for a Super Bowl. When Minneapolis played host in 1992, it was 26 degrees at kickoff.

More spacious

U.S. Bank Stadium will seat about 65,000 people for Sunday's game between the Eagles and Patriots. That is about 2,000 more fans than the Metrodome seating for Super Bowl XXVI between Buffalo and Washington.

Pony up

Want to be one of those 65,000 fans? As of Thursday, there were still tickets left on secondary websites such as StubHub and Vivid Seats. It will cost you, though, with the least expensive ticket being about $2,300.

Price check

It cost Minneapolis $587 per square foot to build U.S. Bank Stadium. The total bill was $1.1 billion. That's a far cry from the Metrodome, which cost just $135.1 million (adjusted for inflation) to construct.

Big screens

Going to the game? You can watch the action on the field, but there also will be replays on the 8,160-square-foot big screen — 10th largest in the NFL. If that's not enough, there's also a 4,400-square-foot monitor.

Hard work

While in the stadium, take a moment to reflect on the men and women who worked to construct U.S. Bank Stadium. It took 3,497,834 hours — 3 million of those from Minnesotans — to build it.

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