Players, team owners and football fans are being forced come to grips with the idea that the sport they love may be extracting a much higher price than anyone knew.
The festival's cross-country ski route typically begins at Theodore Wirth Park and ends at Minneapolis' Chain of Lakes, but this year will be contained within Wirth Park.
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