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Minnesota Vikings Football Club
 PROFILE
These Norsemen are looking to plunder the Super Bowl trophy. The Minnesota Vikings Football Club has battled for the top prize in the NFL since entering the league in 1961, making four unsuccessful Super Bowl bids. Stars like QB Fran Tarkenton and coach Bud Grant kept the team at the top through the 1970s, while in the 1990s names like Chris Carter and Randy Moss have ignited fans in the frigid north. Texas billionaire Billy Joe "Red" McCombs bought the team in 1998, and has lobbied for a replacement for the aging 64,000-seat Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. Despite denials to the contrary, rumors persist that McCombs will move the team out of Minnesota if a new stadium doesn't materialize.

 COMPETITION
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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: January
2000 Sales (mil.): 103.90
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 4.2%
Employees: 130
Revenue per employee: $799,230.77

 KEY PEOPLE
• Gary Woods
    CEO
• Steve Poppen
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
9520 Viking Dr.
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
US
Phone: 952-828-6500
Fax: 952-828-6540
Online: Web Site

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