KEY VIKINGS DATES
Thursday: Reporting date for training camp at Minnesota State Mankato.
Friday: First walkthrough at 10:30 a.m.; first practice at 2:30 p.m.
Aug. 3: Evening scrimmage at Blakeslee Stadium, 7 p.m.
Aug. 9: First preseason game, vs. Houston at Mall of America Field, 7 p.m.
Aug. 14: Camp breaks.
Sept. 8: Regular-season opener at Detroit, noon.
Sept. 22: Home opener — the last one at the Metrodome — vs. Cleveland, noon.
Sept. 29: vs. Pittsburgh at Wembley Stadium in London, noon.