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Stadium Watch Blog

Vikings plan Metrodome end that won’t repeat Met stadium melee

Vikings plan Metrodome end that won’t repeat Met stadium melee

Thirty-two years ago today the Minnesota Vikings wrapped up their final game and a 20-year run at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. With just over a week left before the Metrodome closes for good, the team and local officials say they’re determined this stadium will have a very different end. That day, Dec. 20, 1981, the Kansas Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Wells Fargo signed off on towers development near Vikings stadium

Wells Fargo and Ryan Companies have officially sealed their deal that will bring 5,000 employees to a new $300 million dollar complex near the new Vikings stadium. Wells Fargo said in a statement that they’d signed the development agreement that was first announced in May. The project is expected to break ground in April and Read more →
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Photos: Sneak peek at possible new Vikings stadium seating

Photos: Sneak peek at possible new Vikings stadium seating

There’s a lot of discussion about what might happen to the seats in the Metrodome before the place is demolished started Jan. 18. But deep in the bowels of the doomed stadium, there are some OTHER seats that fans aren’t seeing yet. These seats are just samples, offered by seating companies to the builders of Read more →
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Minneapolis, stadium critics battle again in court

Minneapolis, stadium critics battle again in court

The city of Minneapolis defended its plans to finance a massive mixed use development and open a new park near the Vikings stadium in court today. It was the second hearing in a lawsuit brought by former Minneapolis City Council president Paul Ostrow and mayoral contenders Dan Cohen and  Stephanie Woodruff. They’re trying to delay Read more →
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New Vikings stadium won’t host College Football Playoff in 2017

New Vikings stadium won’t host College Football Playoff in 2017

It was the first big play for a sports event for the new Vikings stadium and Minnesota couldn’t convert. Tampa Bay gets the ball. The College Football Playoff has announced the sites for the 2016 and 2017 games: they’re going to the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Monday, January 11, 2016 and to Read more →
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Judge turns down legal challenge to Downtown East project

Judge turns down legal challenge to Downtown East project

A last-ditch effort to stop the city’s plans for the $400 million Downtown East development has fallen short. Mostly. Hennepin County District Court Judge Mel Dickstein has rejected opponents’ request for a temporary restraining order, initially filed in an effort to stop the Minneapolis city council’s approval of the project. That happened anyway, earlier today. Read more →
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