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MMB response to Vikings stadium legal challenge

Here is the  response from the Minnesota Department of Management and Budget  to the legal challenge to the financing of the new Vikings stadium. From the Associated Press: A state agency that was set to sell public bonds for the Minnesota Vikings stadium said in a legal filing Tuesday that a lawsuit holding up that $468 million Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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Sports Facilities Authority moves to intervene in bond suit

The agency managing construction of the new Minnesota Vikings stadium says it has filed motions to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the project’s financing method. Former mayoral candidate Doug Mann, his wife Linda Mann, and former school board member David Tilsen sued the state on Friday. They claim it’s illegal to use city sales taxes Read more →
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Vikings search for coach tough to decipher

The Minnesota Vikings are narrowing the field in their search for a new head coach. MPR News' Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about that story.
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Second lawsuit from opponent threatens to stop Vikings stadium

Second lawsuit from opponent threatens to stop Vikings stadium

A last-minute legal challenge to the financing of the new Vikings stadium is delaying the process yet again. A petition for a writ of prohibition was filed in the Minnesota Supreme Court to restrain Jim Showalter, commissioner of Minnesota Management and Budget, from selling bonds to pay for construction of a new Vikings Stadium. The Read more →
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Will the Twins beat the Vikings to major league soccer?

Will the Twins beat the Vikings to major league soccer?

The Strib’s Mike Kaszuba takes a stab today at the nexus between the Minnesota United Football Club and the Minnesota Twins. John Vomhof Jr. over at the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal broke the news last month that the Twins and Minnesota United traveled together to Kansas City to take a look at that soccer Read more →
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A-Rod suspended for 2014 baseball season

A-Rod suspended for 2014 baseball season

Alex Rodriguez, one of baseball's biggest stars and its highest-paid player, should be suspended for the 2014 season, an independent arbitrator decided on Saturday. Fredric Horowitz, who heard Rodriguez's appeal of Major League Baseball's 211-game suspension, upheld most of the punishment handed down by the league.

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Timberwolves players under fire from each other

Timberwolves players under fire from each other

The Minnesota Timberwolves take on Charlotte tonight at Target Center. After their loss on Wednesday, the Wolves are now 0-10 in games decided by four points or less. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune.
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How Vikings tickets will work at the Gophers’ TCF Bank stadium

How Vikings tickets will work at the Gophers’ TCF Bank stadium

The Vikings are out explaining what’s going on with their tickets. They had a Q&A out in Winter Park today, and here’s what they had to say: Q: What’s the status of the tickets at TCF Bank Stadium? A: All 52,000 seats have been offered to season ticket holders, who are weighing whether they want Read more →
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Vikings stadium builders promise they won’t upturn neighborhood

Vikings stadium builders promise they won’t upturn neighborhood

About 60 people gathered in a basement room across from the Metrodome to hear how the stadium, which will be built over the next three years, will affect their businesses or the economic fortunes of their communities.
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They were pouring concrete today at the new Vikings stadium site

They were pouring concrete today at the new Vikings stadium site

Construction crews have hit another milestone for the new Vikings stadium. “The concrete started today,” said Michele Kelm-Helgen, chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, the state agency charged with building the place. It’s actually starting a little early. Mortenson Construction vice president John Wood previously said he expected concrete work to start in mid-January.  Read more →
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