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Stadium Watch Blog

All’s fair (in football stadiums)

All’s fair (in football stadiums)

If the Vikings had any hard feelings toward Republicans in the Minnesota House, they don’t seem to be lingering. At least not if a gathering being promoted by House Speaker Kurt Zellers is any indication. The Maple Grove Republican joined most of the rest of his caucus in voting against the Vikings stadium proposal —…
by Tim Nelson

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Design pick scheduled for Friday

Design pick scheduled for Friday

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority just set a date for one of their most critical decisions. They’re going to pick a designer of their new stadium on Friday. “This is probably going to be one of the most significant decisions we make,” said authority chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen. The MSFA published the agenda for their special…
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More e-tabs on the way?

An Omaha-based firm, International Gamco and its affiliate, Oasis Gaming, say they’ve built a better electronic pull-tab machine and hope to have it soon in Minnesotans’ hands. They’re submitting it to the state Gambling Control Board, and demonstrated it for gambling managers at Grumpy’s in Roseville last week. Oasis vice president Scott Henneman says they’ve…
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The labor question…

The labor question…

There may have been no more staunch supporters of the Vikings stadium than the construction trades labor unions. Heck, the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation even has a president on the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority board, in the person of Bill McCarthy. (That’s him, at the mic, joining Gov. Mark Dayton at a stadium rally on April…
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New stadium authority spokeswoman

New stadium authority spokeswoman

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is playing its cards pretty close to the vest these days, what with a billion dollars worth of contracts floating around and everybody from carpenters to photographers hanging around, trying to figure out how to get a piece of the action. The MSFA posted an opening for a communications director…
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The next (not so) big thing

The next (not so) big thing

Express Games owner Jon Weaver says that he’s got another trick up his sleeve for the electronic pulltab game. He says he’s submitted an iPod touch version of the games from Acres 4.0. He let us have a good look at it this afternoon. This could presumably drop the price of getting the device into…
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Whither the Timberwolves?

Whither the Timberwolves?

The big sticking point in the Vikings stadium debate at the Capitol, at one point this spring, was whether or not the lowly Timberwolves were going to get a piece of the action. The deal for $150 million of city money for the NFL venue was predicated on clearing the way for (at least initially)…
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A sneak peek at the new stadium?

A sneak peek at the new stadium?

Here’s what looks to be a preview of the contenders to design the new Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis. One of the team working to select the architectural firm left these in his back seat — clearly visible in the Metrodome parking lot before the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meeting on Friday. The HNTB rendering…
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