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Stadium Watch Blog

Charities planning 8-city “road show” to promote new e-gambling

Charities planning 8-city “road show” to promote new e-gambling

It looks like electronic pulltabs and linked bingo are hitting the road next month. Allied Charities of Minnesota, the trade group that represents about half of the state’s 1,200 charitable gambling operators, says they’re going to Rochester, Willmar, Marshall, St. Cloud, Fergus Falls, Bemidji, Duluth and the Twin Cities on an 8-stop road show. Al…
by Tim Nelson

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Dayton: Surprise stadium backup financing plan in the works

Dayton: Surprise stadium backup financing plan in the works

Governor Mark Dayton said today that a “surprise” backup funding plan for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium is in the works. Electronic pull tab revenue, which was authorized in last year, has fallen far short of projections to cover the state share of the stadium project. Dayton would not provide any specifics, but he told…
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U of M and Vikings finalizing TCF Bank stadium deal for two seasons

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The University of Minnesota and the Minnesota Vikings have reached agreement on the Vikings’ use of TCF Bank Stadium for two seasons. The Vikings would play outdoors on the university’s Minneapolis campus in 2014 and 2015 while the NFL team’s new stadium is built on the site of the Metrodome. The deal…
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Retailers push back on sports memorabilia tax for Vikings stadium funding

Retailers push back on sports memorabilia tax for Vikings stadium funding

The Minnesota Retailers Association is making a last-ditch push to head off the proposed sports memorabilia tax, pitched in part to help pay for the Minnesota Vikings new stadium. The tax was part of the original stadium financing plan, but fell out of the deal in the final days of last year’s legislative session —…
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Vikings stadium design unveiling tickets going fast

Vikings stadium design unveiling tickets going fast

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority says it’s already invited neighbors and fans and a host of others to attend the unveiling of the Vikings stadium design at the Guthrie Theater on Monday. “It is definitely open to the public,” says MSFA chair Michele Kelm-Helgen. “The only thing we want to make sure is that folks…
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Electronic pulltab gambling revenues fall, per-machine bets hit all-time low

Electronic pulltab gambling revenues fall, per-machine bets hit all-time low

There’s still no sign at all of a turnaround in electronic pulltab gambling in Minnesota. Eight months into the state’s experiment with the Internet-based version of the bar gambling staple, the games are still falling farther and farther short of projections, looking at average daily use on a per-machine basis. The total sales also fell…
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Union labor will build Saints ballpark

The City of St. Paul is promising to pay union wages to the workers who build the new Lowertown Ballpark. In exchange, the unions will agree not to delay the project with a strike. The city council last night agreed to negotiate a project labor agreement (PLA), which will serve as a master contract with…
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Coleman opponent wants Saints ballpark to include parking

Coleman opponent wants Saints ballpark to include parking

Tim Holden, the lone candidate challenging St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman’s re-election, today endorsed an alternative design for the new Saints ballpark in Lowertown. The concept, created by local artist and erstwhile city council candidate Bill Hosko, has been dismissed by the city as unworkable. Hosko passed out this sketch at a Holden news conference…
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New Falcons stadium design in Atlanta is literally eye-popping

Minnesota is already thinking outside the box in terms of materials and design for its new NFL stadium. But the folks down in Atlanta are one-upping the stadium design game – including selected seats that shake in response to hits on the field. The Georgia World Congress Center unveiled its preliminary designs for a new…
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4 more things to know about the new Vikings stadium

High tech materials aren’t the only novelty the new Vikings stadium may feature. (Read about ethylene tetrafluoroethylene here.) There’s also some other very interesting details in the draft environmental impact statement just put out by the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. 1. Blowing up the old stadium is apparently still one of the options for taking it…
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