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Stadium Watch Blog

Vikings vs. Baseball

Vikings vs. Baseball

The People’s Stadium might be more welcoming to some folks than others, it turns out. Richard Meryhew over at the Strib is reporting that that the Vikings and college baseball coaches are having a little disagreement over the size of the field the team is hoping to build. The issue: it’s hard to fit a…
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MSFA outlines schedule for picking builder for Vikings stadium

MSFA outlines schedule for picking builder for Vikings stadium

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority met this morning in Minneapolis. They talked about the schedule for picking a construction manager, about the first 18 firms to win work as subcontractors  under the design services agreement, and about the equity plan to ensure minorities, women and low income workers get a piece of the stadium building…
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Target Center target: $121M update for Timberwolves home

Target Center target: $121M update for Timberwolves home

The city of Minneapolis updated its Target Center renovation project site today, and it included this tidbit: contractor Mortenson now projects $97 million in construction alone, and a total cost of $121 million with all the "soft costs" thrown in.
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A troubling trend for electronic pull tabs

A troubling trend for electronic pull tabs

Players in Minnesota bet about $4.1 million through the end of 2012, according to the data. But there's some troubling aspects to the games hidden in the numbers: the per-day gross fell to about $180 for the life of the games. That's far, far short of the $225 a day experts were projecting.
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The lay of the Vikings stadium land

The lay of the Vikings stadium land

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is taking stock of the land around the Metrodome. The agency issued a request for proposals from surveyors today, to lay out the boundaries, topography and utilities for 13 parcels in downtown Minneapolis.
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Strib: Re-developer may seek tax subsidy for East Downtown land

Eric Roper says Ryan and Wells Fargo are still kicking the tires of the newspaper’s property — presumably the chunk west of Park Avenue that isn’t being eyed for a public stadium plaza, with an eye toward commercial redevelopment. And, as is often the case in the Twin Cities downtowns, the developers may be looking for a…
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Ryan gets Lowertown ballpark nod

Ryan gets Lowertown ballpark nod

Ryan Cos. was picked to build the new Lowertown ballpark, for the second time today. The first no-bid effort got tossed out, thanks in part to a legal challenge. But Ryan won the deal anway, in a three-way race that some sad was a foregone conclusion, anyway.
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Benson: PSLs are up to Vikings

Benson: PSLs are up to Vikings

Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority member Duane Benson tells MPR that PSL's are up to the VIkings: "Being entirely their choice, because if they put one in and its $20,000, or whatever that number is, and they don't have anybody buying those seats, they're going to have a really hard time building that building."
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Vikings stadium back at the Capitol

Vikings stadium back at the Capitol

Just when you thought the Legislature was done with the Vikings stadium, DFL Rep. Joe Atkins is getting the band back together. This time, it'll be a look at those pesky pull tabs -- as well as the stadium and arena governance in the Twin Cities.
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Super Bowl XLVII: MORE Super!

Super Bowl XLVII: MORE Super!

In case there was any smidgen of football happenings left to be packed into the week before the Feb. 3 Super Bowl, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority decided to get into the Super Week act with a construction pick.
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