The much anticipated boost for charitable gambling in Minnesota — electronic linked bingo games — may be as much as another month away from helping fund a Vikings stadium. Some electronic pull tab backers have said that the bingo games, with prizes that could hit six figures, will provide the critical mass to ignite electronic…
The city of St. Paul said it’s finalized its contract with Ryan Cos. to build the new Saints ballpark in Lowertown. Construction is expected to be done in spring 2015. The city sent out a press release about the construction timeline and design process. MPR’s Curtis Gilbert will be covering a press conference at noon today…
Lester Bagley, the Vikings vice president, told Pioneer Press columnist Bob Sansevere that personal seat licenses — those upfront, one time fees that caused such a stir last fall — will probably be back. “We believe they are viable in this market and likely will be included as part of the ultimate finance package,” Bagley…
It won’t be all Vikings football in the new “People’s Stadium,” if the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority has its way. MSFA chairwoman Michele Kelm-Helgen, some staff and representatives of Minneapolis are going to Atlanta in April to open talks to bring the NCAA Final Four basketball championship back to Minneapolis. And they’ll have plans for…
1. Target Field, Minneapolis 2. Target Center, Minneapolis 3. Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul 4. TCF Bank Stadium, Minneapolis Read the story: Mortenson picked to build new Minnesota Vikings stadium See photos of what the stadium might look like Can more gambling pay for the stadium? Read this update about how it’s going. 5. Coors Field, Denver…
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority picked Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction to build the new Vikings stadium in downtown Minneapolis. Vikings team vice president Lester Bagley said the team will likely play two full seasons at the University of Minnesota football stadium while the new stadium is built . Mortsenson is already known for most of the…
The Strib’s Rochelle Olson is reporting out of a Hennepin County board meeting that the commissioners aren’t looking too kindly on the prospect that development near the new Vikings stadium might close Portland and Park Avenues. The Star Tribune has reported it is in real estate talks that could lead to the redevelopment of some Read more →
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority has set a special meeting for the end of this week and has scheduled the selection of a construction manager to oversee building the new stadium.
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