Last college baseball games at Metrodome this week
March 26, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
MINNEAPOLIS The Metrodome is hosting its final college baseball games this week. Continue Reading
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OUR VIEW: Give OK to Vike’s stadium already
April 25, 2012 in The Daily Republic
Gazing eastward without the worry that our own taxes will be affected, we think Minnesota should just do it. Continue Reading
Minnesota House panel advances Vikings stadium plan
April 2, 2012 in The Daily Republic
A bill to pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium limped ahead Monday at the state Capitol with time in the legislative session running short and amid lingering doubts over key financing elements. Continue Reading
Vikings stadium deal detailed this morning; facility would be near Metrodome
March 1, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
A person who sat in on negotiations Wednesday evening and requested anonymity ahead of an announcement said the stadium would be built near the team’s current Metrodome site. The person said the Vikings would pay more than 50 percent of construction and operating costs, would be required to stay for at least 30 years and that no new local or state taxes would be imposed. Continue Reading
Vikings: ‘No point’ in filing notice to relocate
February 14, 2012 in The Daily Republic
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) The Minnesota Vikings appear locked in to one more season at the Metrodome, with a team executive saying the club has no plans to file a notice of relocation with the National Football League ahead of a Wednesday deadline. Continue Reading
Another Vikings stadium site proposed east of Metrodome
February 6, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Ted Mondale, chairman of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, said the plan which is still being shaped could see a new stadium as much as three-fourths done before the Metrodome would have to be demolished. Mondale said in that scenario the Vikings could stay in the Dome through 2015, with a new stadium complete by 2016. Continue Reading
In Minneapolis, an alternate Vikings stadium site pops up
January 31, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The Minnesota Vikings are looking at land southeast of the Metrodome as a potential area for a stadium, as they have in the past, but it’s not under active consideration as a site, a team spokesman said Monday. Continue Reading
NFL time constraints may cause speed bump for new Vikes stadium
January 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
For a solid decade, the countdown to the end of the Minnesota Vikings’ lease at the Metrodome has hung like a hammer over the political debate on whether citizens should help pay for a new stadium. That lease is about to expire, but thanks to a confluence of NFL deadlines and Minnesota’s legislative calendar, it’s not looking like the advantage the Vikings might have hoped. Continue Reading
U of M president: TCF Bank stadium could ‘quite adequately’ serve Vikings
January 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The Minnesota Vikings could use the university’s football stadium for up to three years if the NFL team decides to renovate and continue using the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. Continue Reading
TWINS: Metrodome again site for TwinsFest
January 27, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Major League Baseball’s largest fan fest is back at the Metrodome – the Twins’ old park – after a year away because of roof damage. The team expects about 30,000 to slip through the revolving doors, about 5,000 more than could squeeze into Blaine’s National Sports Center last winter, when TwinsFest was one of the many events forced from the Dome.
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