Cost of Vikings stadium pedestrian bridge goes up by $1 million

The cost of building a pedestrian bridge linking the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium to a nearby light-rail platform is about $1 million more than expected.

For now, the Metropolitan Council will pick up the bill, although the regional planning body is trying to recover $465,462 from a consultant that it says made costly errors in the bridge’s design. That would account for about half the increased costs for the bridge.

The Vikings have already chipped in $6 million toward the bridge, and are not contractually obligated to pay anything more.

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