Gotta love the 70's. It is -1 degree and the cheer leaders are out there in short skirts.

Man when u hear those numbers from the 70's its surprising that Alabama didnt end up with a team at some point

Point - “The weather wasn’t doing the team any favors in the box office” Counterpoint - the weather helped the team reach 4 Super Bowls in 8 years and haven’t been back since moving indoors. The only away playoff game in that span was at Dallas in 1973. They should probably move back outside.

Birmingham Legion FC will be an MLS expansion team before Birmingham ever gets an NFL team.

The Vikings were also one of the many teams that also considered a move to Los Angeles, California during the 21 years that LA did not have an NFL team.

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This was very interesting and I had no idea that the city of Birmingham tried to lure the Vikings to Alabama twice. Not mentioned was that Birmingham had the "Stallions" of the old USFL too.

The WFL intro was just amazing.

I know the city wouldn't go for it, but with the Vikings new stadium, they really should have went with a retractable roof, and then open it up every December. The home field advantage the Vikings got from the Minnesota winters definitely helped them, even in their 2015 playoff game against the Seahawks.

A move to Birmingham could've been viable for the Vikings in the '70s. However, considering the shape that Legion Field's in as of 2021, even its last tenant, UAB football, wants no part of it anymore. UAB's moving its football program to Protective Stadium at the BJCC.

It was the Philadelphia Bell, not the Stars....though there was a team called the New York Stars.

Those WFL attendance numbers on a church ⛪️ night in AL at that year, was phenomenal. 😳

Here's one near-move for a team you should do: the New England Patriots nearly moved to St. Louis; it was only because Robert Kraft, who owned Foxboro Stadium, refused to let the Patriots out of their lease that it didn't happen...

The Vikings are the epitome of regular season heroes and postseason zeroes. The franchise rank among the very top in all time win-loss, division titles and playoff appearances. And only once have had three losing seasons in a row(over 50 years ago). But no rings. They are the best of the worst, and the worst of the best.

“Imagine you had to leave the airport and go through TSA security again…” You just described SEATAC until about 2003.

As a Vikings fan I’m happy I heard about this

Red McCombs wanted to move the Vikings to San Antonio at the Alamodome.

As a Vikings fan I didn’t know a little this. Very informative video

I am a diehard Vikings fan, and never heard of this. Wild!

Being someone who grew up in Alabama and lived there for practically 21 years, if there was a football team in Birmingham there would never be an empty seat. You're talking about an entire state who greets each other with roll tide and war eagle rather than hello.

During the Mike Lynn era, there were constant rumors of moving the Vikes to Memphis, because Mike had business ties there.

Same with the Coliseum. The Coliseum was for football only, but after the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles from Brooklyn in 1958, the gridiron had to be fixed up to accommodate ML baseball until Dodger Stadium was built and opened in 1962.

I didn't know whether the World Football League was gonna play football, or explain how a bill becomes a law

90s nhl Jets moved Arizona North Star moved Dallas Hardford moved to Carolina Quebec moved to Colorado

"The weather didn't do them any favors," don't say that to Rams fans during the 70s.

3:10 This is what you have to do you're transferring from the International Terminal to any other terminal at LAX Airport.

I can vividly recall conversations with my dad about Birmingham getting an NFL team. We’ve supported all of the teams that have played in B’ham and I do believe that there will be a NFL team there one day. The new stadium is almost finished and Legion Field will be used for the upcoming summer games, so I see the city making another push for a pro team shortly ... except this time, they have the stadium to back the offer.

So we aren't even going to mention the shit fit the Atlanta Falcons throw every time a team in Birmingham is mentioned?

Oh man -- we need that WFL intro isolated.

You need to do a video of when the NFC West only had one team that was actually in the west. Here was the division before the 2002 realignment: San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers

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Sometimes I question how a mid sized city like Birmingham or Memphis could sustain an NFL team, but then I remember that Green Bay has about as many residents as Auburn and Opelika,AL combined. If the fan support is there, people will travel to see them.

Alabama already has an NFL team (the Crimson Tide)

I will never pay to keep a team from leaving. Why should taxpayers be held hostage to millionaire players and billionaire owners. If anything the NFL should be paying taxes .

Minnesota did lose the North Stars to Dallas...and lost the Lakers to Los Angeles. Metropolitan Stadium was antiquated when it opened. I'm rather sure today the Mall of America was built on the site of Metropolitan Stadium.

I remember they almost moved in 1997, but didnt ever hear about the 1979 attempt. That is really interesting. I was born in November of 78' so mabe thats why I didn't hear about that attempt lol. And for Birmingham to have nearly 50,000 fans on a Wednesday night, a church night, in Alabama, in the bible belt. Where the University of Alabama was king, lead by one of the greatest Bear Bryant. Alabama still is the king of college football, and also has the greatest coach of this era. Probably of all time. Great upload.

This was very well made

THEY FUCKIN' SHOULD HAVE. WE NEED A PRO TEAM.

"Imagine if you were at an airport, went to your gate and then decided you wanted to eat at one of the restaurants inside the airport. Now imagine that you had to leave the airport and go through TSA security again just to do that." So...imagine you're flying out of Kansas City International?

"Birmingham Vikings" just doesn't have the same ring to it. While I do live closer to Alabama than Minnesota (thus meaning more opportunities to go to games), really glad they stayed in Minneapolis. And I am just loving every second of those Chris Carter TDs.

The met stadium-airport analogy accidentally described the MSP airport. Coincidence?

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One comment, the music is too repetitive for background. It starts to pop out at you.

Problem with the Metrodome is it was already obsolete by the time it opened. It was at least one of the last of the cheap, dual purpose stadiums built during that era. That building almost cost us the Twins too just a few years after it opened, and a couple other times after that. They almost moved to Tampa in the 80s, North Carolina in the 90s, then were almost contracted entirely in 2001.

Columbus Ohio's airport is like this. I got off one plane, had to leave the main area.....then re-enter the other wing to catch my next leg of the flight.

Very interesting video.

The Birmingham area does have a professional football team. They may play college football, but they're professional-caliber.

2:36 this is a sorta good idea to prevent seat thief drama

As far as the airport analogy, that's exactly how the Tampa airport is setup. You come in a central hub, ride a tram to your concourse and then go through security. If a restaurant or shop you want is on another concourse, well tough luck.

I heard Vikings were moving to Antarctica at one point. But, the Scientists objected of the idea.

We just gonna ignore that Tom Clancy almost bought the Vikings

Chargers should move there now

1:51 - I must ask: what is this clip from? I'm referring to the shot of one player in a Minnesota Twins home uniform and another player in a Washington Senators road uniform walking across a field. I suspect that it is probably from a 1961 game between the Twins and the expansion Senators, and that you included it just to illustrate the two names together. But if it was some kind of transitional promotion showing the move of the original Senators to Minnesota, then I would be most interested to know about that.

The franchise free agency era is why Tagliabue isn't in the football hall of fame, the only NFL Commissioner yet to be inducted.

Can you do one for the Giants moving to New Jersey?

How did you forget the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL?

Lmaoooo DTW airport is like that. You have to leave out between terminals

The Boston Patriots played in many different stadiums during their first several AFL seasons. They became "New England" after they moved to Foxborough in 1971. The Vikings never played a game in the AFL. Rozelle lured them to the NFL and was happy to have them play in Metropolitan Stadium rather than in the AFL. After the merger was complete and the NFL became a monopoly, they forced the Vikings to get a better home.

Having grown up in Minneapolis I can confirm what JAGMAN is saying. Metropolitan Stadium was fine for baseball. But it was a lousy football stadium. It got cold and windy. But it did give the Vikings one hell of a home-field advantage especially when they play the Rams for the NFC championship in 1973, 1974 and 1976. Southern California boys could not take the cold. One more note about the Vikings. They were originally going to be part of the American football league in 1960. But the NFL had decided to expand and they offered Minnesota a team. Which of course the Minnesota investors took because the NFL was the more established league. So the AFL was down to seven teams before the first season. They were able to find some investors in Oakland to be the eighth team which would replace the Vikings in the AFL. And of course that team became the Oakland Raiders, then the Los Angeles Raiders, and the Oakland Raiders again and then finally and hopefully forever the Las Vegas Raiders. Regarding any NFL team moving to Birmingham there is already a professional team in the state of Alabama. The Alabama Crimson Tide. and if you don’t think they are professional you are not paying attention especially in the last year and a half or so. And Birmingham is only 58 miles away from Tuscaloosa. I know that because that is what Siri told me.

A little surprised that the potential relocation of the Vikings did not include the difficulties involving the collapse of the Metrodome. I'm sure there were talks about the Minnesota Vikings leaving the Twin Cities again.

Small point, but Minnesota did have professional baseball before the Twins. The Minneapolis Millers and the St. Paul Saints both played AAA baseball, and they even played occasional crosstown doubleheaders. The fact that the coming of the MLB eliminated two baseball teams probably influenced the old logo of two baseball players smiling next to each other, one with a "M" on his jersey and the other with a "S" on his. The literal Minnesota Twins.

Ok, after watching 6:00 you have to make a video about the WFL!

Of all my life, I never knew that Alabama tried to get an NFL team. Twice

I think the Jacksonville jaguars would be a perfect fit for Birmingham.

At Browns to Baltimore i got kinda choked up!

You know what could be a fun video. Before the XFL Vince McMahon tried to buy the Vikings and the Entire CFL.

The Packers and Bears play in outdoor venues just fine. The cold weather excuse is a copout.

You forgot that Birmingham had a team for three seasons in the USFL.

Don’t forget about the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL.

I remember the first time in 1978 as Max Winter wanted a better stadium for the Vikings. Plus, losing the franchise would be devastating for Minnesotans.

2:55 that's littlerally how O Hare's international terminal works.

Fun fact, the Mall of America is now on the site of Metropolitan Stadium

The Vikings only exist because the AFL was going to put a team there so the NFL granted Minnesota an expansion franchise. They did the same with Dallas. So the Minnesota team moved to Oakland to Become the Raiders and the Dallas Team moved to Kansas City to become the Chiefs. Footnote, both of those teams beat the Vikings in a super bowl.

Dr. LEE-MACK- phonetically

6:30 looks like the Alliance Football League logo

Fact: The Minnesota Vikings had won the same amount of Super Bowls at Metropolitan Stadium that they had won in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome and whatever stadium they play at now: 0.

They almost moved to San Antonio too when Red McCombs tried to move them to his home town. He also tried to get the Raiders to move their in 2018. The San Antonio Raiders would have been awesome, IMO. Same jersey colors as the Spurs. Same winning tradition. Texas football. State rivalry with the Cowboys? That would work.

Red McCombs threatened to move the team to San Antonio. Glad that fell through.

I never knew this

As a Vikings fan in Birmingham, I had no idea this happened and now I’m pissed 😂

With my team playing in the same division for years against the Vikings, it would be sad to see them move. Don't get me wrong I always want the Lions to beat the Vikings both times every season and of course I never root for the Vikings vs any other team. But I respect the rivalry and the Vikings great fans and it would be really sad to see a team get uprooted and it would heartbreaking for the fans. I respect the teams in the north division and I don't want to see fans in my division heartbroken for moving I just want them to be heartbroken if my Lions can ruin their season lol but unfortunately this is the Lions and they rarely break hearts of any team.

Maybe they should tho maybe they could be like the Tide & be dominant in the NFL & actually win a few Super Bowls lol

If i were an owner and thinking about moving my team, Birmingham would be at the top of my list of locations. So many possibilities. The Crimson Tide fans would come running. Re-name em the Barons. Crimson uni's, The crowd singing Sweet Home Alabama. It would be amazing to see it I'd think.

as a lifelong Vikings fan, who was born in Minnesota and now lives close to Birmingham, I had no clue

It was the Philly BELL, not Stars- who were members of the USFL. Also, speaking of the USFL, no mention of the Birmingham Stallions??? Also, the fact that the stadium was in the city of Bloomington, not Minneapolis, had something to do with low attendance!! When the weather turned bad, who will drive in the snow to Bloomington?

If Birmingham got an NFL team, they'd play second fiddle to the Alabama Crimson Tide. I'm not joking. They're run like a pro team, they pull revenue like a pro team, their regional fan base is at least bigger than any NFL team in the south. They keep expanding Bryant Denny because there's such a demand for tickets. If the university could put in 40,000 more seats tomorrow, they'd sell every one of them. Plus most people I've talked to are so wound up into their Alabama or Auburn fandom that they couldn't really be bothered with getting behind an NFL team too.

The Birmingham Stallions of the USFL did well too.

I love in bham and we are still waiting.....they are building a new stadium downtown for UAB for some reason......

*sigh* I wish we can get a pro team in Alabama

0:09 Like hell. The place is a fucking carbuncle.

@7:09 Philadelphia Bell ... Stars were the USFL team

Correction:Another reason the Braves moved to Milwaukee was because they were overtaken by the Red Sox.

As someone who has visited Birmingham, one too many times. I always found it odd that a state that religiously loves football like Alabama doesn’t have an nfl team.

As a former Raiders fan and someone who lives by Oakland, I just want to say Minnesota got lucky

Birmingham's a curse if you start a new football league.

There were also the USFL Stallions

The airport scenario you described is real. You often have to leave the airport and re enter TSA to get to your connecting flights. Worst. Airport. Ever.

I dont have to imagine that airport thing. That happened once.

There was no parking at the metrodome

In the 50's a PRO BASEBALL TEAM existed in Minneapolis - the AAA MILLERS. Minor League Baseball is PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.