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With just 149 days to go before the Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis is finished, officials showed off the progress today.

The $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium is now more than 90 percent complete. The field is still nothing more than a gravel pit, but there's carpet laid in some luxury boxes, televisions installed on the concourse and heat pumping through the building. 

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Mortenson Construction's project superintendent Dave Mansell said on a media tour Tuesday that some parts are practically ready for fans. 

"We have several places, back of the house, and concession stands that are punched out already, meaning the architect has done their punch list," he said. "We're right on schedule. We're not ahead, because you can't get ahead on a project like this. But we're not behind, either."


Even so, there are nearly a million collective hours of work still to be done.

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With just 149 days to go before the stadium in downtown Minneapolis is finished, officials showed off the progress on Tuesday.

Vikings stadium 90 percent complete

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Construction workers hang from scaffolding

There is a six story scoreboard at the east end.

The stadium will cost over $1.6 billion to build.

The windows give fans a view of downtown.

There's retractable glass in the Hyundai Club.

The club area can hold over 4,000 people.

The Vikings stadium project is 90 percent complete

The stadium will host the Super Bowl in 2018.

Photos: Vikings stadium 90 percent complete

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