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First 2010 Vikings camp practice is July 30

First Blakeslee Stadium training camp practice is Friday.

2010-07-28
Distributed by The Associated Press, Minneapolis Bureau [6/29/2010]

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will start training camp in Mankato with their first practice on Friday, July 30.

The Vikings announced the schedule Monday, and this camp is on the shorter side. The team will have single practices on two of their first three days and 10 sets of two-a-day practices.

The Vikings will have 23 open-to-the-public practices at Minnesota State University, Mankato over 14 days before departing prior to their first exhibition game at St. Louis on Aug. 14.

For more training camp information, go to http://www.vikings.com/schedule/training-camp/index.html

For more news from The Associated Press and its member news organizations in Minnesota and the Dakotas, click on http://hosted.ap.org/specials/bluepage.html#mn

For a training camp parking and location map, go to http://www.mnsu.edu/parking/Maps%20(maps.html)/2010%20Viking%20Map_7-12.pdf

The Vikings' Training Camp practice schedule:

• Friday, July 30, 4-5:10 p.m.
• Saturday, July 31, 9-11:15 a.m.; 7-8:55 p.m.
• Sunday, August 1, 3-4:55 p.m.
• Monday, August 2, 9-11:15 a.m.; 3-4:55 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 3, 9-11:15 a.m.; 3-4:55 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 4, 9-11:10 a.m.; 2:10-3:15 p.m.
• Thursday, August 5, 9-11:10 a.m.; 2:45-4:05 p.m.
• Friday, August 6, 9-11:15 a.m.; 2:10-3:15 p.m.
• Saturday, August 7, 9-11:10 a.m.; 5-7 p.m.
• Monday, August 9, 9-11:15 a.m.; 2:45-4:05 p.m.
• Tuesday, August 10, 9-11:15 a.m.; 2:10-3:15 p.m.
• Wednesday, August 11, 9:-11:15 a.m.; 2:45-4:05 p.m.
• Thursday, August 12, 9-11:15 a.m. (last practice open to public)
• Saturday, August 14, Pre-Season #1 – at St. Louis

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