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U.S. Bank Stadium, fresh off hosting the 2018 Super Bowl, might be getting some less-than-friendly attention following a new ESPN report. 

 across North America and found that 28 percent of the 111 outlets inspected had "high-level violations" from local health departments. 

The "People's Stadium" and home to the Vikings had an average of 1.08 high-level violations per health inspection. Different jurisdictions have different definitions for what constitutes a "high-level" violation, ESPN noted. 

U.S. Bank Stadium was the 90th-cleanest stadium in the 107 ESPN ranked.

Here are some of the findings from ESPN's analysis of U.S. Bank Stadium's health inspection reports from January 2016 through January 2017. 

One area didn't have water all day, so workers couldn't wash their hands.

Inspectors caught workers without proper food-safety attire


Aramark, which manages the food and drink at U.S. Bank Stadium, maintains that food safety is a "top priority" for the company. 

"In addition to working closely with local health departments, our commitment spans a comprehensive approach to training, briefing staff before every event, certified food safety coordinators on-site, regular and frequent audits and quality assurance assessments, and engaging independent auditors to evaluate our practices for an increased level of rigor. Any items noted during an inspection are quickly addressed and corrected," Aramark said in a statement.

While relatively cleaner under ESPN's violations vs. inspections methodology, the other major sporting venues in Minnesota weren't entirely clean. 

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