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Stadium Watch Blog

Twins pitching mound for sale, slightly used

Twins pitching mound for sale, slightly used

It’s a familiar task for anyone who has moved: you gotta go down to the basement and start clearing out all that stuff that isn’t going to your new place. That’s true for pro sports venues, too. And now that amateur baseball has cleared out of the Metrodome and the last sinker flung over the…
by Tim Nelson

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St. Paul strikes deal for Saints stadium funding

St. Paul strikes deal for Saints stadium funding

The City of St. Paul announced today it has reached a tentative deal to pay for the new Lowertown Ballpark, future home of the St. Paul Saints. The $54 million project ballooned by $8.8 million this summer after tests showed contaminated and unstable soil that added $6.2 million to the cost. Additional design and construction…
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Next up in the Great NFL Stadium Sweepstakes: Oakland

Next up in the Great NFL Stadium Sweepstakes: Oakland

The Vikings could break ground on their new stadium in a little over two months. The Falcons are kicking the tires on new stadium plans and financing in Atlanta. Next up: the Raiders. The Oakland Tribune is reporting that the team and the city are looking to build a replacement for the O.co Coliseum, formerly…
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Could the Vikings have paid for a new stadium in Minneapolis themselves?

Could the Vikings have paid for a new stadium in Minneapolis themselves?

Maybe, according to Forbes. The magazine is out with their annual ranking of the most valuable teams in sports, and the Vikings slot in at #35 this year, up from #41 the last two years. That might have a little something to do with having the league MVP on the team’s roster. But the ranking isn’t the most  interesting…
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Electronic pulltab gambling sales dismal as more bars offer them

Electronic pulltab gambling sales dismal as more bars offer them

Let’s start with the good news — at least good news if you expect electronic pulltab gambling to live up to its promise when it was  legalized to pay for a Vikings stadium. Despite recent disappointments, more people are getting into the electronic pulltab business. The number of distributors in Minnesota grew by 50 percent…
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Vikings: New stadium tickets for sale after ’13 season, sales center coming

Vikings: New stadium tickets for sale after ’13 season, sales center coming

The Vikings are fleshing out their plans for fans in the new stadium, at least a little. The team posted a new Q&A on their website this afternoon. Among the nuggets of news therein: we may not know what the markup is for the new seats — or the potential for those much-fretted-about seat licenses…
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U says Gophers are ready to get back into the sports building game

U says Gophers are ready to get back into the sports building game

MPR’s Alex Friedrich reports that University of Minnesota athletic director Norwood Teague is pitching a $190 million upgrade to the U’s athletic facilities. Just four years after the U opened $288 million TCF Bank Stadium, three years after the Twins opened Target Field and as the Vikings are building their new billion dollar home–the U’s…
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Vikings stadium development plan moves through Mpls city panel

A key player in the massive development proposed near the Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis said he’s encouraged by today’s vote by a Minneapolis City Council committee to move the plan forward. The council’s Community Development Committee approved a measure directing city staff to begin negotiations over land and property purchases near the Downtown East…
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