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Vikings prepare for unusual home opener

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Vikings prepare for unusual home opener
Vikings prepare for unusual home opener
U.S. Bank Stadium will be without fans for the first two games of the season.

Fans.xxx we're less than 48 hours away from kickoff for your minnesota vikings?

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Launching a season that will be dramatically different.

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Night how different football will be this year as the chiefs and texans played to just sixteen thousand fans.

The vikings will have to play with a lot less than that ?

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"* a new opportunity.

Minnesota opens up their season against their biggest rival ?

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"* the gree packers.

But this season opener is unlike anything like we've seen before ?

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"* the home field advantage the vikings carry won't be there ?

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"* as there will be no fa u.s. bank stadium at least for the first few games of the season ?

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"* creating a uniq atmosphere for the players.

"it's gonna be different.

I mean honestly we love our fans i think the vikings fans are the best fans in the nfl and we travel really well at home games, it's such a competitive advantage."

That competitive advantage will be tested against the defending nfc north champs.

Bradbury says at least for the players ?

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"probably 95 percent of the year we play football without fans so we're just going to be going out there and doing our jobs.

I think when you're playing you don't notice it as much like when you're on the sideline, pregame, at halftime that's kind of when you really notice it."

The vikings are one of many teams active in the fight for social justice ?

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"* an set to host george floyd's family at us bank stadium.

Head coach mike zimmer is pleased with the way his team has responded to racially inequality.

"i think that's really what it's all about is trying to bring all people together and bring everybody equal and so i'm proud of our guys."

Things will look very different this season ?

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"i think it's exciting that we get the opportunity and hopefully everyone stays safe and we continue to play throughout the season (?

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Will be played at noon ?

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"* there is no timeline on when fans will be allowed at us bank stadium./// (?

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