Stadium Watch Blog

Recycling and reusing the Metrodome wreckage
The former home of the Minnesota Vikings and the Minnesota Twins is getting smashed up and hauled away, but it will get new life, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority said today.
NFL visits to consider Twin Cities Super Bowl bid
Officials from the National Football League were in Minnesota Thursday and Friday to consider the Twin Cities as a potential host for the 2018 Super Bowl. Six members of the NFL’s Super Bowl unit toured the construction site of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium and venues like the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and Read more →
Minnesota weighing details of Super Bowl bid
It’s Super Bowl playoff time for the cities that are hoping to host the game in 2018, the next championship to be awarded to an NFL city. Legislators met with Dayton administration officials yesterday to talk about financial breaks the NFL wants from the host of the game. “We’re talking about the Super Bowl tax Read more →
Saints stadium: Final deal set with Ryan Cos. and St. Paul
St. Paul has signed off on the so-called “Phase 2″ agreement on a new Lowertown Ballpark with developer Ryan Cos., city officials said today. The latest agreement, which covers $44 million in costs, clears the way for construction to begin in earnest on the 7,000 seat stadium.  The city is paying another $10 million of Read more →
Vikings stadium foes turn attention to City Council
Critics of the billion-dollar Vikings stadium deal are expected to oppose the reappointment of Minneapolis City Attorney Susan Segal during a hearing today at City Hall. Segal has said, contrary to the city’s charter, Minneapolis was not required to hold a public vote on the use of city tax dollars to fund the stadium, because Read more →