There’s nothing like a $1 billion stadium project in a busy downtown area to give traffic planners headaches. Throw in a few other big projects, and the challenges mount.

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When Mortenson Construction got the go-ahead to use its own crews to do concrete work for the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, specialty contractors who do that sort of work were not pleased.

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Mortenson Construction will be compensated well for building the new Minnesota Vikings stadium, but the fee is smaller on a percentage basis than it made on other stadium projects in town. It also comes with some risk.

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The Minnesota Vikings' new $975 million stadium is expected to bring construction jobs to parts of Minneapolis hit hardest by poverty and unemployment.

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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 ...

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Minneapolis (AP) — A study commissioned by the real estate investor who envisioned Target Field on a scrubby downtown Minneapolis parking lot has concluded that the nearby Farmers Market would be the best place for a new Vikings stadium. The ...

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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 ...

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By Burl Gilyard Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — You can almost hear the roar of the crowd at Target Field. Opening day at the new baseball stadium is set for April 12. But the area surrounding the new ballpark is ...

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By Brian Johnson Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — It’s official: the Minnesota Twins have a new home. This week, less than 100 days before the first pitch at Target Field, officials from ballpark contractor Mortenson Construction ceremonially handed over the ...

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