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February 18, 2013 7:34 AM

Minn. musher wins U.P. 200 sled dog race

Ryan Anderson has won the U.P. 200 sled dog race in Michigan's Upper Peninsula for the fourth consecutive time.

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February 15, 2013 7:43 AM

New Vikings stadium might be ready for NCAA’s 2017 Final Four

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…

by Tim Nelson

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February 15, 2013 5:51 AM

Mortenson wins Vikings stadium contract: 8 other sports venues they’ve built

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…

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February 15, 2013 2:48 AM

Mortenson Construction picked to build new Vikings stadium

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…

by Tim Nelson

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February 15, 2013 1:12 AM

Hennepin Co. worried about street closures near new Vikings stadium

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 →

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February 13, 2013 10:40 AM

Key Vikings stadium contract to be awarded

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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February 9, 2013 10:47 AM

Stadium officials set hiring goals for minorities, women

Officials working on the new Minnesota Vikings stadium have laid out a plan to make minority workers nearly a third of the labor force and to hire 6 percent women.

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February 8, 2013 9:26 AM

Stadium bill architect: Don’t hit the panic button on pull-tabs yet

Former state Rep. Morrie Lanning was in the audience for today’s Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority meeting in Minneapolis. The Moorhead Republican was the architect of the stadium plan in the House last year — including the financing plan that’s worrying some of his former colleagues at the State Capitol. Here’s what he had to say,…

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February 7, 2013 4:36 PM

A late entry in the Vikings stadium game: Kraus-Anderson Construction Co.

Days from the scheduled selection of a builder for the new Vikings stadium, Minneapolis-based Kraus-Anderson says it’s among the final contenders to win the job from the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. Chief operating officer Alan Gerhardt said in an interview today that his firm, based just five blocks from the stadium site, interviewed separately to…

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February 7, 2013 6:30 AM

Builder decision delayed for Vikings stadium

It turns out the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority WON’T be picking a builder for its new stadium tomorrow, as scheduled. The pick was on the monthly meeting agenda, but the MSFA says it’s still talking to the two likely contenders, Arizona-based Hunt Construction and Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction. “I think we all believe that it’s better to…

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