Spectator Sports Sector

Related Search

News Home News Blog Ask a Mexican Archives Search City Pages Flipbook Weekly Newsletter Get Mobile

Calendar Home Top Picks Submit an Event Events Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Music Home Music Blog Concert Calendar Bars and Clubs Submit an Event Music Newsletter Get Mobile Music Ads

Restaurants Home Food Blog Find a Restaurant Menus Happy Hours Deals Dining Newsletter Get Mobile Restaurant Ads

Arts Home Arts Blog Theater Arts Newsletter Get Mobile Entertainment Ads

Film Home Showtimes Film Poll 2011 Film Festivals Film Newsletter Get Mobile Free Stuff

Best Of Home 2011 2010 2009 2008 Best Of Newsletter Get Mobile Best Of Ads

Promotions Home Promotional Events Street Team Free Stuff Promotions Newsletter Get Mobile Deals

Post an Ad Jobs Real Estate Advertiser Index Deals Deals Newsletter

Blogs
May 25, 2012
Vikings stadium receives final approval from Minneapolis City Council on 7-6 vote
Kevin Reich, in the end, didn't want to risk going down as the man who ran the Vikings out of Minnesota.The drama is done, folks. This morning, on a 7-6 vote, the Minneapolis City Council gave final, official approval to a funding plan that will construct a new Vikings stadium on the Metrodome site. ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2012
Lowertown plans for new bars, bakery, and restaurants
It's a Saturday morning after a successful trip to the St. Paul Farmers Market. You got your fresh flowers, snap peas, and bunches of basil, but now you've worked up an appetite and are craving a sit-down breakfast that doesn't leave grease on your spoon. Sorry, Mickey's -- not always in the mood to ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2012
Taxpayers League's poll says majority of Minneapolis opposes Vikings stadium plan
Would you want to go down in history as the city official known for running the Vikings out of Minnesota? Probably not. But what if a majority of your city's residents stood behind you when you voted "no"?This morning, just two days before the Minneapolis City Council is expected to rubber-stamp the ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Vikings stadium bill receives final legislative approval; Mpls City Council vote last step
Rejoice, Vikings fans! A bill for a new NFL stadium in Minneapolis today surmounted its last legislative hurdles -- final approvals by the House and Senate following the completion of the conference committee's work early this morning.The bill now heads to Gov. Mark Dayton, who, as one of the new st ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Stadium bill deader than Vikings' postseason chances, but Dayton hopeful for another shot
Remember that Vikings stadium bill? That thing now looks like it's in worse shape than Adrian Peterson's knee.The bill was sacked last night by the House Government Operations and Elections Committee, which killed in with a 9-6 vote. Afterward, the chief author of the House bill, Rep. Morrie Lanning ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
Majority of Minneapolis City Council now supports Vikings stadium
Today, after months of backdoor negotiations and hemming and hawing, a majority of Minneapolis City Council members pledged support for a new Vikings stadium at the Metrodome site.At a news conference, Mayor R.T. Rybak told Gov. Mark Dayton: "We want to hand you the signed letters of seven city c ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Pro-Vikings stadium group releases pro-stadium poll, sparking Twitter controversy
Today, a pro-stadium group named Home Field Advantage released an opinion poll showing that 61 percent of Minnesotans support construction of a new Vikings stadium at the Metrodome site. 72 percent of 1,000 Minnesotans polled say the new stadium is "somewhat or very important" to keeping the Vi ... More >>
News
March 14, 2012
Vikings stadium proposal isn't for the "people"
Six myths the mainstream media perpetuates
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Vikings, Rybak, Dayton, pro-Vikes legislators finally unveil stadium plan
After months of hearing lawmakers carp that they couldn't speak to whether they support using public money for a new Vikings stadium without seeing a detailed proposal, a plan has finally emerged.During a news conference earlier today, Gov. Dayton and the Vikings unveiled a $975 million stadium p ... More >>
Calendar
February 15, 2012
The Sports Show
After months of hearing lawmakers carp that they couldn't speak to whether they support using public money for a new Vikings stadium without seeing a detailed proposal, a plan has finally emerged.During a news conference earlier today, Gov. Dayton and the Vikings unveiled a $975 million stadium p ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2012
NFL: No Los Angeles Vikings in 2012
We've been hearing for months about how the Vikings' expiring Metrodome lease means it's urgent for lawmakers to get a stadium deal done early this legislative session.Los Angeles is ready and willing, so goes this logic, to have the team play in the Rose Bowl for a couple years while a new stadi ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Dayton to Vikes: Metrodome site or bust
The train wreck that is the Vikings stadium drive went a little more off the rails Monday afternoon.Governor Dayton told Zygi Wilf that the only workable site this session for a new stadium is the Metrodome, which happens to be the site least favored by Vikings ownership.With the team's Metrodome ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Vikings stadium: Minneapolis, Ramsey County release final funding proposals
As far as the Vikings stadium controversy is concerned, the time for talk is nearing an end.Today, Minneapolis and Ramsey County -- the two leading contenders to serve as the site of a new public-private NFL stadium -- submitted their final stadium funding proposals, less than two weeks before th ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2012
Shakopee, out of nowhere, announces Vikings stadium bid
Maybe the the mayor of Shakopee simply misread his calendar by a year.That's because today -- one day before the Governor Dayton-imposed deadline for final stadium proposals -- Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke plans to hold a news conference at the State Capitol to announce the suburb is "going after th ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2012
Vikes stadium: Dayton asks city, Ramsey County to play hurry-up
Minneapolis leaders are mounting a last-minute drive to keep the Vikings in town. Governor Dayton wants Minneapolis and Ramsey County to deploy hurry-up offenses in hopes of bringing closure to the Vikings' stadium drive.Today, he sent the Ramsey County board and Mayor R.T. Rybak letters setting ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
Vikings warming to idea of staying in Minneapolis
After months of insisting that Arden Hills is the team's preferred site for a new Vikings stadium, it appears ownership is warming to the idea of staying in downtown Minneapolis.During meetings with state political leaders yesterday, owner Zygi Wilf reportedly displayed maps showing how a new sta ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2011
Vikings stadium won't get a special session
This stadium will have to wait until the legislature's New Year's hangover wears off.The Minnesota Vikings are, putting it kindly, not a very special football team right now. Fittingly, the team won't get a special session from the legislature to rule on its new stadium(s?), and will have to wait ... More >>
Blogs
October 21, 2011
Minnesota might sell Zygi Wilf the Metrodome for $1
The Metrodome is for sale: Can anyone lend Zygi a quarter?In the hectic lead-up to the proposed special session that will or will not approve a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings, all things are on the table. The latest proposal is no crazier than the other ones -- for example, gettin' in the ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2011
Gambling on football: How the Block E Casino might build the Vikings stadium
Want this stadium? Fine, just keep dumping quarters in that slot machine.As of this morning, Minneapolis is a city with one professional football team, and zero casinos. Some day soon, that could be the other way around.The new push for a special session to finance the Vikings stadium in Arden Hi ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2011
Vikings stadium won't go to a vote
Who cares if you want to pay for the new Vikings stadium?The Minnesota Vikings new stadium will be a $1.1 billion monument dedicated to the death of democracy. That's what taxpayers learned last night, when the Ramsey County Charter Commission voted not to allow a vote on the tax that will build ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2011
Fran Tarkenton: Treat teachers like quarterbacks
Fran Tarkenton made his name as a scrambler and a gambler in a Vikings jersey. The quarterback winged risky passes into traffic and ran like his life was in danger -- which, at only 6 foot, 190 pounds, it probably was. But because Tarkenton's risk-taking paid off, he got paid, to the tune ... More >>
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Minneapolis wants $30 million cut of Metrodome sale
R.T. Rybak says the city has shelled out more than $30 million on the Dome over the years.This isn't going to help the Vikings on that whole new stadium plan idea thing. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak sent a letter to Gov. Mark Dayton earlier this week claiming the city is entitled to a $30 millio ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
St. Paul City Council opposes Vikings stadium tax [UPDATE]
Pictured: The proposed stadium in Arden Hills. Some assembly required. A resolution on the tax to fund the Minnesota Vikings stadium in Arden Hills looks headed for a 7-0 shutout in the St. Paul City Council today. If it's approved by the state Legislature, the current proposal would raise sales ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Vikings stadium supporters, opponents post dueling online petitions
The Ramsey county stadium being fought over with cyber-clipboards.After Shoreview city councilman Blake Huffman posted an online petition asking government officials to block plans for a new Vikings stadium in Arden Hills, the online backlash was swift and angry. "It's insulting to me that Blake ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2011
Roger Goodell says NFL would pitch in for Vikings stadium
Wiki.Could this man be the answer to Vikings fans' prayers?With less than a week left to go in the legislative session, the Vikings stadium proposal is still showing some signs of life. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell now says the league is willing to chip in on a new stadium, which in theory ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Cory Merrifield, SaveTheVikes.org leader, boosts new stadium plans
Courtesy Savethevikes.org.Vikings superfan Cory Merrifiled, right, has been lobbying for a new stadium since 2009. On Tuesday, a lot of Vikings fans celebrated a victory when team owners struck a deal with Ramsey County to build a new stadium in Arden Hills. But even with a location suppose ... More >>
Blogs
May 12, 2011
Ted Mondale is the latest Vikings stadium party pooper
Ahem. About that $175 million?Ted Mondale, the governor's point man on steering a stadium deal that will keep the Vikings in Minnesota, pointed out today that all this self-congratulatory backslapping between Ramsey County and the Wilf brothers (and SaveTheVikes) over a new stadium in Arden H ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
Ramsey County wins Vikings stadium bid war
minnesotavikings.comThe Vikings' new schloss will sit on the laqrgest Superfund site in the country.If the Vikings stay in Minnesota, they're going to do it in Arden Hills. Ramsey County won the bidding war against Minneapolis to help finance the construction of the team's new stadium on what ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
St. Paul federal judge Susan Nelson rules to end NFL lockout
The NFL is none too pleased with the ruling of St. Paul judge Susan Richard Nelson.A federal judge in St. Paul has agreed with NFL players and ruled to stop a lock-out imposed by team owners. In the decision released this afternoon, Judge Susan Richard Nelson agreed with football superstars ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2011
Vikings need more than one boring new stadium: Comment Of The Day
What's wrong with the Metrodome? (Oh, wait.)The new Vikings stadium bill dropped on Friday, posing in part as a jobs bill, and with the requirement that the team pay for just one-third of the facility's construction cost is already grating on our commenters' nerves. "Yeah...they should build ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Minnesota Vikings stadium proposal published
The Legislature will take another shot at making a new Vikings stadium a reality.Here we go again. Now that the Legislature appears to be nearing the end of debate on some seriously draconian bills that slash spending on education, health and human services, it's going to take up the matter ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Downsize the Army NASCAR sponsorship: Comment Of The Day
Your tax dollars at work.Rep. Betty McCollum isn't backing off her efforts to defund the U.S. Army's NASCAR sponsorship. Booyah, says commenter commonsensebroad. "If some business wants to waste their money "sponsoring" some sports thing, that's their problem - they have to answer to their ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2011
Betty McCollum guards Sesame Street and Republicans go Gonzo
Big Bird: Not worthy of your tax dollars?Rep. Betty McCollum and some other House members stood on the Capitol steps with Elmo and Big Bird yesterday, deriding Republicans for trying to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's $451 million operating budget. PBS is an oasis in the va ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2010
Mark Dayton, Tom Emmer and Tom Horner pledge new Vikings stadium
Horner's wit earned the biggest applause and laughs last night at the expense of his opponents.Gubernatorial candidates Tom Emmer, Mark Dayton and Tom Horner don't agree on much. And with Election Day fast approaching, none wasted much time with pleasantries at last night's debate. Independe ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2010
U of M students not paying to fill their own TCF Bank Stadium
TCF Stadium ticket sales are weakSwanky new stadiums only go so far: The University of Minnesota is reporting that it's having a hard time selling tickets to students to watch their very own Golden Gophers ahead of the 2010 season, just a year after the same seats sold out well in advance. Th ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2010
Vikings stadium bill is dead
No one's going to see this view any time soonFans of giving the Minnesota Vikings another shot at the public trough to finance a new stadium saw their dreams die on Monday as the Legislature adjourned for the biennium without moving on a last-minute bill. Under the plan as it was introduced, ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
New Vikings stadium bill again relies on public trough
Who pays for the new Vikings stadium?They want to call it a "multi-purpose facility." They insist, "no state money for schools, roads, healthcare, or any other state programs can be used to build the new stadium." But state lawmakers pushing a new home for the Minnesota Vikings do indeed wa ... More >>
Blogs
December 17, 2009
New stadium plans unveiled - with a Vikings twist
Rebuilding the Metrodome would cost $870 million, less than previously estimated, according to a report presented today.
Blogs
December 16, 2009
Sports commission fights idea that MN too poor for new stadium
Fresh on the heels of a report that found the Twin Cities can't afford four pro sports teams, the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission is set to release a report tomorrow making the case for a new stadium.
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Coming Soon: Kieran's moves to Block E
Bye-bye Bellanotte, hello Kieran's!
Blogs
September 11, 2008
Forbes to Vikings: You're Still Worthless
Bye-bye Bellanotte, hello Kieran's!
Blogs
July 7, 2008
Vikings Among Top 10 Most Endangered Teams?
Bye-bye Bellanotte, hello Kieran's!
Calendar
April 30, 2008
Minnesota Thunder vs. Rochester Rhinos
Bye-bye Bellanotte, hello Kieran's!
Blogs
September 10, 2007
We're number 25!
Bye-bye Bellanotte, hello Kieran's!
News
October 8, 1997
North Carolina Triplets?
Columnists at the Twin Cities' newspaper of record just can't seem to ask tough questions about Twins owner Carl Pohlad's plans to sell.

Spectator Sports Sector

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

News

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Blogs

Calendar

Blogs

News

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!

Now Click This