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There's yet another dust-up over the plaza in front of the Metrodome. This time, the company owned by Minneapolis developer Bob Lux and several partners is saying that the agency that runs the stadium didn't give Minneapolis Venture proper notice for the traditional game-day use of the plaza for the Vikings pre-season game against the Tennessee Titans last week.

, called a "notice of default" threatens to kick the stadium authority off the property if they don't comply with the terms of a 2003 lease, including providing a complete event schedule and proof of insurance.

It's the latest skirmish in the battle over the value of the land between the Metrodome light rail station and the stadium.

Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen said in an interview today that the plaza “has always been part of Metrodome events” and that the owners knew that when they bought the property in 2007. “He clearly knew we had the rights to use it,” Kelm-Helgen says. “It’s just hoops that they’re putting us through… Clearly they’re angry and trying to make their point, that if we don’t pay them, we can’t use their plaza.”

The authority and Minneapolis Venture are battling in court over the plaza space, for which Minneapolis Venture is reportedly asking 

. The legal response from the MSFA points out that Minneapolis Venture successfully appealed the tax valuation of the property just two years ago -- reducing its value to $4.5 million.

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There’s yet another dust-up over the plaza in front of the Metrodome. This time, the company owned by Minneapolis developer Bob Lux and several partners is saying that the agency that runs the stadium didn’t give Minneapolis Venture proper notice for the traditional game-day use of the plaza for the Vikings pre-season game against the…

Stadium plaza dispute flares anew for Vikings stadium authority, developer

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