The Vikings will be playing their first season at U.S. Bank Stadium in 2016 and they will reportedly be playing their first game at their new digs against an opponent that they’ve seen plenty of times before.
Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com reports that the Vikings will host the Packers in Week Two of the 2016 season in their first home game of the year. Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press adds that he’s heard it will be a Sunday night game.
The two teams closed out the 2015 regular season against each other at Lambeau Field on a Sunday night and the Vikings won 20-13 to take the NFC North title. The Packers won outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium, which was the Vikings’ home for the last two years while they waited for the new stadium to open.
Demovsky also reports that the Packers will host the Bears in a Thursday night game on October 20.
