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Sports

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.
by Tim Nelson

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

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

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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Builder decision delayed for Vikings stadium

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…
by Tim Nelson

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Crunching the pulltab numbers on the new Vikings stadium

Here’s a breakdown of the numbers released this week by the Minnesota Gambling Control Board. You can judge for yourself how they’re measuring up to the state estimates in the fiscal note provided to the Legislature last year. Week Ended Sites Devices Gross Sales per Site Gross Sales per Device 9/22/2012 10 74 $3,703 $470…
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Stern: Timberwolves could host All Star game again, with arena update

Stern: Timberwolves could host All Star game again, with arena update

The Pioneer Press’s Ray Richardson says that NBA Commissioner David Stern weighed in on the Target Center renovation during a stop in Minneapolis today. It’s yet another effort to sweeten the pot on the back and forth plans for an update for the downtown arena. Stern is taking a bit of a victory lap: he’s…
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Pulltabs: “We’re stuck” says lawmaker

The House Commerce committee is hearing an update on the January results from the electronic pulltab rollout. Minnesotans bet about $1.7 million dollars, a record. But its far short of the $100 million a month that the state was hoping for. Minnesota Gambling Control Board executive director Tom Barrett gives lawmakers the news: there’s about…
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Super Bowl power outage still a mystery

Super Bowl power outage still a mystery

As the Superdome's energy provider and stadium management try to determine what caused a 34-minute power outage at Sunday's Super Bowl, local officials are hoping the incident won't leave a black eye on the city or prevent the league's big game from coming back to town.

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