Minnesota Vikings Current season Established January 28, 1960; 57 years ago (January 28, 1960) First season: 1961 Play in U.S. Bank Stadium Minneapolis, Minnesota Headquartered at Winter Park Eden Prairie, Minnesota Logo Wordmark League / conference affiliations National Football League (1961 -- present) Western Conference (1961 -- 1969) Central Division (1967 -- 1969) National Football Conference (1970 -- present) NFC Central (1970 -- 2001) NFC North (2002 -- present) Current uniform Team colors Purple, Gold, White Fight song Skol, Vikings Mascot Viktor the Viking Personnel Owner (s) Zygi Wilf Chairman Zygi Wilf President Mark Wilf General manager Rick Spielman Head coach Mike Zimmer Team history Minnesota Vikings (1961 -- present) Team nicknames The Vikes, The Purple People Eaters, The Purple and Gold Championships League championships (1) NFL Championships (pre-1970 AFL -- NFL merger) (1) 1969 Conference championships (4) NFL Western: 1969 NFC: 1973, 1974, 1976 Division championships (19) NFL Central: 1968, 1969 NFC Central: 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000 NFC North: 2008, 2009, 2015 † -- Does not include the AFL or NFL championships won during the same seasons as the AFL -- NFL Super Bowl championships before the 1970 AFL -- NFL merger Playoff appearances (28) NFL: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015 Home fields Metropolitan Stadium (1961 -- 1981) Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (1982 -- 2013) TCF Bank Stadium (2014 -- 2015) U.S. Bank Stadium (2016 -- present)
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