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The roof on the Minnesota Vikings' new stadium is leaking, and the general contractor says it needs $3 million to $4 million in repairs.

Workers will begin replacing the Metrodome's storm-damaged roof Friday. New fabric panels will be delivered to the downtown Minneapolis stadium, and Birdair Inc. will begin by replacing three diamond-shaped panels that ruptured during a December snowstorm.

High winds and blizzard conditions forced a Minnesota hospital executive off the roof of an Excelsior coffee shop where he was camped as a fundraiser for his daughter's school, but he's heading back up there.