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Vikings stadium site may not hold pollution surprises of St. Paul’s ballpark location

Vikings stadium site may not hold pollution surprises of St. Paul’s ballpark location

Now that St. Paul knows the Lowertown Ballpark would need an additional $6.2 million in environmental remediation, what about Minneapolis? Critics of the Metrodome site have long suggested that there might be something expensive lurking under the site — something that might cost a lot of money to clean up. It was one of the…
by Tim Nelson

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Saints ballpark budget has $8.8 million hole

Saints ballpark budget has $8.8 million hole

A new minor league ballpark in downtown St. Paul will cost almost $9 million more than the $54 million the city budgeted. St. Paul has found the soil underneath the ballpark site is far more polluted than it originally thought. It also underestimated the cost of constructing the ballpark itself. Despite the shortfall, the city…
by Curtis Gilbert

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Saints ballpark to cost nearly $9 million more than budgeted

Representatives from the city of Saint Paul, Ryan Companies, Saint Paul Saints and the Saint Paul Port Authority have a conference call at 3 p.m. to talk about the Lowertown Ballpark, including recent soil contamination findings. This letter went to city officials in advance of the call. Curtis Gilbert will have more on this story…
by Laura McCallum

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Soil trouble in St. Paul may cost new stadium projects

Soil trouble in St. Paul may cost new stadium projects

Fred Melo over at the Pioneer Press has been doing a little digging — just about literally — on the Saints stadium projects over in St. Paul. Turns out there may be some trouble underground, both out at Midway stadium, and at the location of the new stadium in Lowertown. Melo reports today that the…
by Tim Nelson

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Minneapolis mulling an “Ultimate Park” for Vikings stadium district

Minneapolis mulling an “Ultimate Park” for Vikings stadium district

The inquiry by Minneapolis mayoral candidate Cam Winton about stadium area development cost estimates got an interesting reply from the city. Winton released an 8-page document, The “Ryan Companies US, Inc. Proposal for East Village Park, Parking and Infrastructure Funding,” which has details about the proposed $400 million development set for the Star Tribune’s land…
by Tim Nelson

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E-pulltab gambling revenue for Vikings stadium just keeps getting worse

E-pulltab gambling revenue for Vikings stadium just keeps getting worse

The May numbers are in for electronic pulltabs, and they’re down. Again. And that’s not just in terms of bets per machine or the revenue per site — common measurements that were initially used to estimate the revenue. The May numbers were down 5 percent from that, according to the latest data from the Minnesota…
by Tim Nelson

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Vikings stadium planners hope they can afford to plug into skyway system

The Star Tribune’s Eric Roper today says the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority — and by extension, state taxpayers — may be picking up the tab on the much-touted skyway connection between downtown Minneapolis and the new Vikings stadium. The skyways from nearby parking ramps to the stadium are a must — they’re required by the…
by Tim Nelson

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Vikings stadium roundup: Planners roll out park vision, funding debate lingers

Vikings stadium roundup: Planners roll out park vision, funding debate lingers

The Strib’s Richard Meryhew had a look this weekend at the plans for the plaza and open space at the front, or west end of the stadium. Landscape architect Tom Oslund, who is working with stadium architects HKS,  told the Strib: “The whole approach that we’ve taken is that it’s another one of the great civic…
by Tim Nelson

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