This article was originally published in October 2016

New stadiums tend to disappoint, just ask West Ham fans. There are years of anticipation stoked by Utopian artists' impressions, visions of modernist dreamscapes packed to the rafters with cheering fans celebrating a team that never loses.

The reality is inevitably fraught with logistical difficulties, teething troubles and often, regret.

There's little of that in Minneapolis at the moment, where the NFL's Minnesota Vikings have played four and won four so far this season. They have just opened a new 66,000-capacity stadium that looks so outrageous it feels like it shouldn't exist.