
Our crowd includes lifelong Vikings fans, former Minnesotans, snowbirds, South Florida natives and visitors who simply want to watch the game with people cheering for the same team. Some members remember Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters. Others came aboard much later. On game day, it really does not matter how long you have been a fan.
MIAMI VIKES has grown into one of the larger organized Minnesota Vikings fan communities outside Minnesota. The idea has always remained uncomplicated: give Vikings fans in South Florida a regular place to meet, watch the game and enjoy Sunday football together.
MIAMI VIKES now gathers indoors at Freddie's Anchor Bar, a longtime Fort Lauderdale sports bar that has been around since 1948.
Freddie's gives us what a Vikings Sunday needs: air conditioning, a dedicated Minnesota Vikings viewing area, game sound turned up on four TVs, cold drinks and wings that have earned a following of their own.
Over the years, friendships have become as much a part of MIAMI VIKES as football itself. Members talk Vikings history, debate the current roster, share memories from games in Minnesota, compare memorabilia and keep each other informed about what is happening with the team. A Sunday gathering can include regulars who have known each other for years sitting next to somebody who walked in for the first time that afternoon.
You do not have to live in Miami to be part of MIAMI VIKES. Fans come from Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Boca Raton, Palm Beach and other parts of South Florida. Minnesota visitors and football-season snowbirds are welcome too. If you are wearing Purple and Gold and looking for other Vikings fans on game day, you have found the right group.