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Soccer as political football
streets.mn As weird as it is to write, in just a couple of years, Minneapolis-Saint Paul will be home to one of the greatest collections of sports facilities on earth. That’s not hyperbole. With the...
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A long way from surface parking lots: Downtown East's rapid transformation
CC/Flickr/lenoredollThe new Vikings stadium is the elephant in Downtown East’s room.About 10 years ago, Tony Kuechle, a senior vice president at the development firm Sherman Associates, attended a...
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How a soccer-specific stadium might get built in Minnesota
As a political issue, this one seems extraordinarily short-lived. Government assistance in any form to build a new stadium for the region’s new all-but-official Major League Soccer franchise?Absolutely...
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Why the MLS awarded Minnesota — and the McGuire group — its newest franchise
It would have been the elephant in the room — had they let any elephants in the room.Wednesday’s announcement, called to celebrate the birth of the Twin Cities’ sixth major league sports team, was more...
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Did a history of hard feelings between the Twins and Vikings fuel the fight...
MinnPost photo illustration by Tom Nehil. Explosion: CC/Flickr/AJ CannThursday, September 2, 2010, brought something rare to the Minnesota professional sports scene: a night when the Twins, the Vikings...
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The Minnesota Ballpark Authority's suite deal at Target Field
As part-time jobs go, the pay isn’t much — but the perks are excellent.Each of the five commissioners of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority — the public body that’s charged with “protecting the public’s...
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This unnecessary pedestrian bridge is going to cost $6 million of public money
streets.mn Check out this bridge! It’s a pedestrian bridge — meaning that it’s for pedestrians, walking “on foot” with their legs. For the sake of this post, say that you were in the market for a...
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You can say this for ‘The Commons’ downtown park: It has a lot going on
The plan for the new Downtown East park — now dubbed “The Commons,” has a lot going for it — and a lot going on in it. The latest design for the 4.2-acre site presented to the public last night by San...
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Member pre-sale on for MinnPost Social about downtown development
The 2015-16 season of MinnPost Social, sponsored by RBC Wealth Management, will start with a bang on Tuesday, Aug. 4, when MinnPost journalists Peter Callaghan, Marlys Harris and Bill Lindeke lead a...
View ArticleVikings stadium makes MarketWatch list of 'Worst Deals from Sports Teams'
Minneapolis and its new $1 billion-plus publicly-subsidized Vikings stadium made the top of a new list from MarketWatch today: “5 Cities Getting the Worst Deal from Sports Teams.”The opinion piece by...
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Downtown development MinnPost Social event sold out
Tickets are now sold out to our Aug. 4 MinnPost Social event, “Minneapolis and St. Paul's Downtown Development Boom,” presented by RBC Wealth Management.MinnPost Silver, Gold, and Platinum members –...
View ArticleDayton appoints Sertich to replace Benson on stadium authority
Gov. Mark Dayton has appointed former legislator Tony Sertich to the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, replacing Duane Benson, who had resigned after a flap with the chair.The MSFA is in charge of...
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Downtown Minneapolis group to temporarily manage East Commons park after...
When the patch of Minneapolis known as the East Commons park opens sometime this summer, it likely will be managed by an entity personified by the greenish-yellow clad “ambassadors” who populate...
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Essential, illegal, misbegotten or misunderstood? Ready or not, downtown...
The Downtown East Commons park in downtown Minneapolis gets an official opening Thursday, which will include — of course — a ceremonial tossing of the first Frisbee.There will be speeches that will...
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Our indifference jeopardizes our quality of life
Gov. Arne CarlsonMinnesotans have traditionally seen their quality of life as something uniquely special to our state. An iconic Hamm’s beer commercial showed waterfalls and lovable bears dancing to...
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