MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Two Twitter users have admitted they started a false rumor that the Minnesota Vikings were opening their new stadium to the homeless during this weekend's extreme cold.
Marketer Jake Nyberg and fitness coach David Dellanave say their tweets were a hoax meant to push the idea that taxpayer-funded U.S. Bank Stadium could be used to keep the homeless warm. Dellanave says it was a stupid way to do it and he's sorry.
Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports posted stories assuming the tweets were true.
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority says nobody sought shelter at the stadium.