Minnesota United specialty license plate now available
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After a long wait, Minnesota United soccer fans can now get an official team license plate for their vehicles.
The Loons unveiled the new plate Tuesday, featuring the team’s logo on a black background. The lettering is white and sky blue.
It’s available for purchase through Minnesota Driver and Vehicle Services, including in-person or online at drive.mn.gov.
Like other specialty sports plates, the Minnesota United plate requires an additional $30 annual fee. For the Loons plate, those proceeds will go to the Minnesota Loon Restoration Project, managed by the state Department of Natural Resources.
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The team said the money will support “long-established community science monitoring programs like the Loon Watcher Survey and Loon Monitoring Program where Minnesotans can get directly involved in helping us help loons; community engagement and education on how to protect and conserve loons; protecting and enhancing loon habitats with focuses on natural shorelines, and loon ecological research.”
The new Minnesota United plate joins a specialty sports plate lineup that already featured the Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves, Lynx and Wild.
Those all went on sale in January, but there was a delay for Loons plates. That’s because state law required that money raised by specialty sports plates go to a team’s foundation — something Minnesota United doesn’t have. A legislative revision earlier this year allowed the plate to move forward.
The new plate also is the second Minnesota plate to feature a loon. While the Minnesota United logo features a stylized version of the state bird, there’s also a “Critical Habitat” plate featuring a lifelike depiction.