U.S. Bank Stadium has its share of architectural critics, but designers and everyone associated with the Vikings should be pretty excited that the heat can now officially be turned off.

When it comes to designs, the proposal put forth by the Washington Redskins for their new stadium — unveiled last night by CBS on 60 Minutes and now all over the Internet — is now the beginning and end point when talking about wackiness.

The rendering of the stadium itself is a strange bowl-shaped structure, which is fine one supposes … until you find out that a channel of water encircles the entire place like some sort of moat.

Sort of a variation on an old joke: Two-thirds of the stadium is covered by water; the other third is covered by Fred Smoot.

And in this water people will apparently be surfing! And there will be a beach for all of those perfect late fall/early winter East Coast beach days! And you can rappel on the side of the stadium!

And you can Rollerblade! (Wait, you can do that at the Vikings' stadium, too. Really, this is something I support).

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Most people I know who would get to a game early enough to enjoy some time around the stadium would primarily be focused on consuming grilled meats, tossing bean bags and drinking.

The idea of high-activity sports, many of them in the water … let's just say I'm not sure that fits the football vibe.