The Oakland Raiders decided to move to Las Vegas largely because Clark County, Nevada, agreed to finance a new stadium with $750 million worth of tax-exempt bonds. Now, that tax exemption could be going away, leaving the county on the hook for even more money.
Read More »U.S. Bank Stadium goes for the green
From the 66,200 seats in the new U.S. Bank stadium's bowl to the lighting in the nearby club space, there’s a lot of purple to be seen in Minnesota Viking's new home.
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Read More »Target Field designer among bidders
Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — The $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium has attracted proposals from five nationally known design firms. The bidders — Kansas City-based Populous, Los Angeles-based AECOM, Dallas-based HKS, Kansas City-based HNTB, and Philadelphia-based Ewing Cole ...
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Read More »Vikings stadium panel picks Hammes Co. as owner’s rep
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority has chosen Hammes Co., a Madison, Wis.-based firm with experience on a variety of National Football League stadium projects, to provide owner’s representative services for the $975 million Vikings stadium project.
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Read More »Minn. gov. looks to next year after stadium setback
Gov. Mark Dayton conceded Tuesday that the deal to build the Minnesota Vikings a new stadium might not happen until next year, but he said he was confident it would get done despite a critical setback in the Legislature.
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Read More »Vikings stadium picks up momentum
Republican leaders in the state House helped retool a Vikings stadium bill that was scheduled for its first committee vote Monday, a new signal of support for a proposal that's struggled at the Capitol.
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Read More »Want to be NFL owner? Packers near 5th stock sale
Cheeseheads around the world might soon have a chance to own a piece of the Super Bowl champs. The Green Bay Packers, the NFL's only publicly owned team, are moving toward a new stock sale by the end of the year to raise money that would help pay for $130 million in renovations at historic Lambeau Field.
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