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40 free U.S. Bank Stadium trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
U.S. Bank Stadium opened in downtown Minneapolis in 2016 on the ground where the Metrodome once stood. With its sharp angles, clear roof and walls of glass, it looks like nothing else in the NFL, and almost every part of the building has a story behind it. This quiz turns those stories into fun facts you can test yourself on. The questions cover the design and the long political fight to pay for it, the traditions Vikings fans keep on game days, and the headline events the stadium has hosted: a championship game, playoff drama, college basketball, soccer, wrestling and sold-out concerts. It suits Vikings fans, Minnesotans, architecture buffs and anyone planning a visit or a tour. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so you leave knowing more than when you kicked off.
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Q 01Which Minneapolis-born star was in talks to play U.S. Bank Stadium's first concert before his death in April 2016?
Prince
Prince was in early talks to open the stadium he never saw finished. A lifelong Vikings fan, he wrote the team a fight song, Purple and Gold, in 2010.
Q 02Conservation groups say the reflective glass walls of U.S. Bank Stadium have killed large numbers of which animals?
Migrating birds
Migrating birds strike the glass because the stadium sits on a major flyway. Groups had asked for less reflective bird-safe glass, and the designers declined for the sake of looks.
Q 03What made the Metrodome's roof deflate in December 2010, reviving the push that led to U.S. Bank Stadium?
A heavy snowstorm
A heavy snowstorm piled 17 inches on the roof until three panels tore open. TV cameras left running overnight filmed the snow pouring onto the field.
Q 04Which team won its first Super Bowl title at U.S. Bank Stadium in February 2018 as an underdog?
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles won 41–33 behind a backup quarterback, ending a championship drought that had lasted since 1960.
Q 05Which singer headlined the Super Bowl halftime show at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2018, joined by a local marching band?
Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake shared the stage with the University of Minnesota Marching Band. It was his third Super Bowl halftime appearance.
Q 06Minnesota's governor named August 31, 2018 after which pop star, marking her two nights at U.S. Bank Stadium?
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift Day honored her two sold-out Reputation tour shows, which together drew nearly 99,000 fans to the stadium.
Q 07Which Vikings receiver scored the last-play touchdown known as the Minneapolis Miracle at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2018?
Stefon Diggs
Stefon Diggs caught a 27-yard pass, stayed upright when a defender missed the tackle and ran in for 61 yards. No NFL playoff game had ever ended on a touchdown as time expired.
Q 08Long before U.S. Bank Stadium, the Vikings played at Metropolitan Stadium, whose site now holds which landmark?
Mall of America
Mall of America opened there in 1992. A brass home plate set in the floor of its amusement park marks where the old ballpark's plate sat.
Q 09The Skol chant heard at U.S. Bank Stadium was adapted from a clap made famous by which nation's soccer fans?
Iceland
Iceland's supporters made the slow overhead clap famous at Euro 2016. Vikings fans took it up the same year, shouting skol in place of the original grunt.
Q 10Through renewable energy credits, which source covered all of U.S. Bank Stadium's electricity for its first five years?
Wind power
Wind power met 100 percent of the stadium's needs on paper. The building is also lit entirely by LEDs, field lights included.
Q 11The Metrodome, which stood where U.S. Bank Stadium is now, was named for which vice president from Minnesota?
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey, once the mayor of Minneapolis, died in 1978, the year before construction began, and the dome was named in his memory.
Q 12U.S. Bank Stadium's predecessor is the only venue to host a Super Bowl, Final Four, MLB All-Star Game and which event?
World Series
World Series games were played under the Metrodome's fabric roof in 1987 and 1991, when crowd noise was measured close to the threshold of pain.
Q 13Which team did the Vikings beat 17–14 in their first regular-season game at U.S. Bank Stadium, in September 2016?
Green Bay Packers
Q 21Which band's 2017 U.S. Bank Stadium show reunited Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan in Minnesota after 25 years?
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses sold all 48,740 tickets that night on the Not in This Lifetime tour, with Deftones as the opening act.
Q 22Which object from Norse mythology gives its name to a pregame ritual at Vikings games in U.S. Bank Stadium?
Gjallarhorn
Gjallarhorn is the horn the god Heimdall blows to announce Ragnarök. The Vikings' own horn cracked in two in below-zero cold before a January 2016 playoff game.
Q 23Which English club faced AC Milan in the first event ever held at U.S. Bank Stadium, a 2016 soccer friendly?
Chelsea
The Green Bay Packers lost 17–14 on September 18, 2016. Three weeks earlier the Vikings had won a preseason game there, the stadium's first NFL game of any kind.
Q 14Which team lost the first playoff game at U.S. Bank Stadium on a 61-yard touchdown as time expired?
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints had erased a 17–0 deficit to lead 24–23 with 25 seconds left, then lost on the final snap.
Q 15In July 2017 U.S. Bank Stadium became the first NFL stadium to host which summer action sports event?
X Games
X Games Minneapolis was also the first summer edition held in the Midwest, and the stadium kept the event for three straight years.
Q 16Which school won its first men's basketball national title at the 2019 Final Four in U.S. Bank Stadium?
Virginia
Virginia beat Texas Tech in overtime, one year after becoming the first top seed ever to lose to a No. 16 seed.
Q 17Which backup quarterback caught a touchdown pass on a trick play in the Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium?
Nick Foles
Nick Foles became the first player to both throw and catch a touchdown in a Super Bowl, and was named the game's most valuable player.
Q 18Which quarterback threw for a record 505 yards in the Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium and still lost?
Tom Brady
Tom Brady broke his own Super Bowl passing record that night, and his offense never punted once in the defeat.
Q 19Which country singer played the first concert at U.S. Bank Stadium, a sold-out show in August 2016?
Luke Bryan
Luke Bryan opened the stadium's concert life on August 19, 2016, one night before a heavy metal show filled it again.
Q 20Which heavy metal band played U.S. Bank Stadium on its opening weekend in 2016 and returned for two nights in 2024?
Metallica
Metallica's two 2024 nights drew more than 107,000 fans combined, with a different pair of support bands each night.
Chelsea and Milan met in the International Champions Cup two weeks after a public open house drew 190,000 curious Minnesotans.
Q 24Which WWE event ran for two nights at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2026, the company's first stadium show in Minneapolis?
SummerSlam
SummerSlam returned to Minneapolis for the first time since 1999, when it was held indoors at the Target Center.
Q 25Which rapper headlined the halftime show when the Vikings hosted a Christmas Day game at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2025?
Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg shared the bill with Martha Stewart, Lainey Wilson, and the tenor Andrea Bocelli with his son Matteo.
Q 26The 2018 Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium was billed as the first in the game's history to be what?
Zero waste
Zero waste meant 91 percent of game-day trash, more than 69 tons, was recycled, composted, reused or donated.
Q 27U.S. Bank Stadium was the NFL's first new fixed-roof stadium since which venue opened in 2002?
Ford Field
Ford Field once stood in for the Vikings' own home, taking a relocated game in December 2010 while the Metrodome was out of action.
Q 28Which club won an MLS expansion place in 2015 over a rival bid to put a team in U.S. Bank Stadium?
Minnesota United
Minnesota United won because MLS preferred its plan for a smaller outdoor ground, which became Allianz Field in Saint Paul.
Q 29Which New Jersey real estate billionaire, the Vikings' principal owner since 2005, pushed to build U.S. Bank Stadium?
Zygi Wilf
Zygi Wilf wanted an open-air stadium, but the state and city would only fund an indoor one able to host events like the Final Four.
Q 30Which Minnesota governor signed the 2012 bill that funded U.S. Bank Stadium after years of failed proposals?
Mark Dayton
Mark Dayton backed the downtown site over a suburban rival plan, and his deal split the cost between the team, the state and the city.