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The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Vikings say the organization has reached a tentative deal with the University of Minnesota on how much the team will pay to use TCF Stadium while a new Vikings stadium is being built.
Vikings spokesman Lester Bagley declined to name a dollar amount, but said the "agreement in principle" would add about
3,000 temporary end zone seats to the 50,000-seat stadium. Bagley says other details need to be resolved before both parties sign off on the deal.
The Star Tribune says the Vikings paid $1.7 million to play a game at TCF Stadium after the Metrodome roof collapsed in December 2010.
The larger issue of hammering out a stadium deal with the city of Minneapolis still remains. Negotiations between the Vikings, Minneapolis leaders and representatives of the state are ongoing.
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