Stadium Watch Blog

November 6, 2013 7:08 AM

Stadium opponents win, mostly, in Minneapolis elections

The elections in Minneapolis proved an off night for officials who supported the city’s deal on the Vikings stadium last year. Most of the seven council members who voted yes back in May of 2012 fell short of either their re-election plans or attempts for higher office. And although the most vocal of the stadium Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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November 4, 2013 1:12 PM

Minneapolis City Council members protest ‘Redskins’ name

Six Minneapolis City Council members told the NFL and the owner of the Washington, DC franchise they disapprove of the team’s name and the mascot. The letter dated Nov. 4, comes days before the Vikings play the Redskins at the Metrodome on Thursday. Council members Cam Gordon, Robert Lilligren, Lisa Goodman, Elizabeth Glidden, Gary Read more →

by Matt Sepic

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October 31, 2013 6:35 AM

Target Center redo details get City Council review

The Minneapolis City Council’s Committee of the Whole moved a step forward with the new Target Center renovation deal between the city, the Timberwolves and Lynx and AEG, the management company that runs the place. The council put off a committee vote on the matter until the next Committee of the Whole meeting on Nov. Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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October 31, 2013 3:51 AM

Vikings owners victims of anti-wealth bias?

The Strib’s Mike Kaszuba mines the files in the Vikings owners New Jersey court case today for a nugget of insight into the Wilf’s dealings. Zygi, Mark and Leonard Wilf were sued by business partners in a New Jersey real estate development and ordered to pay $84 million in damages. A judge earlier ruled that Read more →

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October 28, 2013 10:36 AM

What’s the difference between a $155M and a $97M renovation?

The Timberwolves/Lynx and the city of Minneapolis have rolled out a revamped renovation plan for Target Center, and it’s missing something: about $50 million in city money. Originally pitched in 2011 as a $155 million, 2/3 city and 1/3 team deal, the new iteration of the Target Center renovation is closer to 50/50, and now Read more →

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October 28, 2013 6:09 AM

Minneapolis, Wolves and AEG agree on $97M face-lift for Target Center

The Timberwolves and Lynx, the city of Minneapolis and AEG have announced a $97 million dollar deal to renovate the 23-year-old city-owned Target Center.

by Tim Nelson

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October 28, 2013 2:20 AM

Minneapolis ‘definitely in the running’ for 2017 college football championship

Officials with college football’s Bowl Championship Series were in the Twin Cities over the weekend, considering Minneapolis for the 2017 championship game. College football is switching to a final-four like format for its championship starting in 2015, and will be moving the final game around the country. Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen says Read more →

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October 25, 2013 1:00 AM

College football is eyeing Minneapolis for its 2017 ‘Super Bowl’

Officials from college football’s Bowl Championship Series — soon to be the College Football Playoff Championship — are going to be in the Metrodome on Sunday. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is bidding to host the new game — the successor to the current, oft-criticized system for hashing out the best college football team in Read more →

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October 24, 2013 1:16 PM

It looks like ‘Redskins’ won’t be banned in Minneapolis next month

Opponents of the Washington football team’s name have asked the word Redskins not be used at the Metrodome. The Vikings play D.C. in Minneapolis on Nov. 7. Critics say Washington’s team name is a racial slur. And today, the Minnesota chapter of the ACLU added its opposition. “This isn’t directly a civil liberties issue, but Read more →

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October 24, 2013 11:03 AM

Report: Vikings stadium budget has $45M gap as groundbreaking nears

Sports Business Daily says the $975 million budget for the new Vikings stadium has a gap as much as $45 million ahead of a crucial milepost next week. The online publication says builder Mortenson Construction is “struggling” to meet a $737 million budget for construction of the stadium itself. (The rest of the cost goes Read more →

by Tim Nelson

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