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Stadium Watch Blog

Mayor says he won’t spend hundreds of millions to keep Braves in Atlanta

Mayor says he won’t spend hundreds of millions to keep Braves in Atlanta

Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed said he wishes the city’s baseball team well, and he’ll be sorry to see them go in 2017. He said their stadium will be demolished and the city will move on when the Braves head to the suburbs. Here’s an excerpt from his CNN commentary today: “For 18 months, my administration Read more →
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State: Redskins complaint won’t block new Vikings stadium financing

State: Redskins complaint won’t block new Vikings stadium financing

Complaints that the Washington Redskins might play in the new Vikings stadium should not block its financing. That’s according to a response from Minnesota Management and Budget to the American Indian Movement National Directors, Inc., which opposes the use of the team’s name. AIM founder Clyde Bellecourt and others petitioned the state’s finance department last Read more →
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Minneapolis council signals approval of Target Center’s $100M renovation

Minneapolis council signals approval of Target Center’s $100M renovation

The Minneapolis city council today indicated it will sign off on a nearly $100 million renovation of the Target Center. The council’s committee of the whole voted for the plan to split the cost with its tenants. The city will use hospitality taxes that are now being used to pay off Minneapolis Convention Center debt. Read more →
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Stadium authority plans to break ground before Thanksgiving

Stadium authority plans to break ground before Thanksgiving

  The stadium authority building a new home for the Vikings still plans to break ground on the project before Thanksgiving. Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chair Michele Kelm-Helgen told lawmakers today that her agency, the Vikings, HKS Architects and Mortenson Construction are still working on ways to keep the cost under $988 million. That’s the Read more →
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Redskins opponents planning demonstration, legal action

Redskins opponents planning demonstration, legal action

Opponents of the Washington Redskins name plan to march to the Metrodome to protest before tonight’s Vikings game. “We’ll never, ever give up on this issue. We’re inviting the whole public to join us,” said American Indian Movement director Clyde Bellecourt outside the stadium Wednesday. “Everyone. We’re drafting you, we’re putting you into this national…
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