Michele Kelm-Helgen, chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA), which owns US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, has resigned from her position.
Executive director Ted Mondale has also stepped down from his role. The resignations follow a controversy surrounding the MSFA’s use of two luxury suites at US Bank Stadium, which opened last year.
A recent report found that the MSFA was guilty of ethical violations when using the suites. The report revealed that the MSFA provided 158 luxury suite tickets to family and friends.
Legislative auditor James Nobles, who released the report, found the use of an additional 35 tickets to be “questionable” and called for tighter oversight of the MSFA.
Kelm-Helgen and Mondale have now resigned from their positions following the fallout.
“If I could go back and start over again, MSFA would have had a public discussion on the use of these suites and forbid the use of them by family and friends from the start,” Kelm-Helgen said in a statement reported by the CBS Minnesota network.
“When questions about the suites use were raised, MSFA took responsibility, and then passed and implemented a new policy in December that no longer allows family and friends in the suites.”
The state-of-the-art, 66,000-seat US Bank Stadium serves as the home of the Minnesota Vikings NFL American football team.
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