Mortenson exec is more than ‘stadium guy’

‘We just want to build’ Vikings stadium, trades say

Published: November 4, 2011
Tags: Arden Hills, M.A Mortenson, Metrodome, Mortenson, Target Center, Vikings

With a plan that would draw on potential gambling money and sales and lodging taxes, Minneapolis leaders have upped the ante in their efforts to keep the Vikings’ ship afloat in the city of lakes.

Big bills elude Minn. builders

Published: May 26, 2011
Tags: Metrodome, Minnesota Associated Builders and Contractors, Target Center, Vikings

By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Minneapolis — The 2011 legislative session officially ended this week without passage of a major bonding bill, one priority that builders and trade unions wanted in order to hammer some life into a moribund construction industry. Early in the session, Gov. Mark Dayton proposed a $1 billion bonding bill and [...]

Minneapolis makes bid to keep Vikings

Published: May 9, 2011
Tags: Mark Dayton, Metrodome, Target Center, Target Field, Vikings

By Patrick Condon Associated Press St. Paul, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis leaders are floating a plan for the city to pay 22 percent of the cost of a new football stadium for the Minnesota Vikings at the current Metrodome site and set aside money to renovate the Target Center basketball arena. Mayor R.T. Rybak said [...]

City of Minneapolis seeks upgrades for Target Center

Published: March 26, 2010
Tags: arena, capital improvement plan, convention center, Legislature, Minneapolis, state money, Target Center, Target Field, upgrade

By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — As Target Field gets ready for its big debut next month, an older neighbor that shares the same first name is quietly waiting for a series of improvements that would — in the city’s view — make the arena viable for the next two decades. The city [...]