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Your 2019 Twin Cities Away Days Guide
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Your 2019 Twin Cities Away Days GuideSo you’ve decided to come to Minnesota to watch some soccer. Smart move. There’s a brand new stadium that might just be the best in the country, a home team with an I-can’t-believe-it’s-still-so-shaky defense, and raccoons that climb high rises. What more could you ask for in a soccer away day destination? Over on this…
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Minnesota United Soccer Stadium Meeting Reveals Signs of Progress
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Soccer Stadium Meeting Reveals Signs of ProgressSome very concrete plans were revealed for the first time at a recent City of St. Paul site plan meeting for the Midway soccer stadium. Demolition of the Rainbow Foods building is scheduled for mid-May with remediation of contaminated soil happening simultaneously. Actual construction could begin in September, when building permits are expected to be…
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EXCLUSIVE: First Look at Plans for Supporters Section in Minnesota’s New Stadium
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: EXCLUSIVE: First Look at Plans for Supporters Section in Minnesota’s New StadiumEarlier this week, FiftyFive.One confirmed new details on Minnesota United FC’s stadium. Since publishing that information, we have been granted an exclusive first look at the architect’s plans for the supporters section. Bruce Miller, the stadium’s lead architect at Kansas City-based Populous, was kind enough to share a cross section through the safe standing area…
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Safe Standing Takes Shape in Minnesota Stadium Plans
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Safe Standing Takes Shape in Minnesota Stadium PlansLead designer for Populous, Bruce Miller, speaks exclusively to FiftyFive.One about the ‘safe standing’ supporters section planned for the Minnesota United stadium. When Minnesota United FC publicly unveiled its stadium design back in February, primary owner Dr. Bill McGuire made a point of highlighting the club’s plans to incorporate a large, single tier supporters section…
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Can Professional Soccer be Successful in Minnesota?
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Can Professional Soccer be Successful in Minnesota?The Minnesota State Legislature will soon decide the fate of a Minnesota United soccer-specific stadium at the Midway bus barn site in St. Paul, Minnesota. Just this weekend the Star Tribune editorial staff wrote a piece that warned legislatures not to squander the opportunity to bring MLS to our state. They correctly pointed out there…
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Your MN United Midway Stadium Parking Explainer
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Your MN United Midway Stadium Parking ExplainerThe question of where fans who drive to Minnesota United FC games will park is one that promises to be with us for a while. Our own Brian Quarstad and Alex Schieferdecker examine where fans will park, and why the site plan doesn’t seem to provide it. “But what about the parking?” Brian: The question…
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How the Deal Got Done: A look at St. Paul’s Minnesota United Stadium Coup
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: How the Deal Got Done: A look at St. Paul’s Minnesota United Stadium CoupAt the beginning of 2015, Minneapolis looked a lock for Major League Soccer. Whether it would be in the ZygiDome or a Minnesota United stadium on the Farmer’s Market site, it was not going to St. Paul. Almost a year after MLS announced Minnesota United FC as a new franchise, Dr. Bill McGuire will be…
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Close But No Cigar: St. Paul Inches Closer To MLS Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Close But No Cigar: St. Paul Inches Closer To MLS StadiumOn Monday, the City of St. Paul moved another step closer to getting a MLS stadium. Close as they may be there’s still there’s no cigar and no concrete announcement that the stadium will indeed be located at the Midway bus barn site. MLS Commissioner Don Garber flew into the Twin Cities early Monday afternoon…
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How and Why a St. Paul Midway Soccer Stadium Could Work
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: How and Why a St. Paul Midway Soccer Stadium Could WorkOn March 25th of this year, Major League Soccer announced Minnesota United as an expansion team and the league’s 23rd franchise. While the event was a spectacle – some called it the best attended and celebrated franchise announcement in league history – momentum was quickly lost. Minnesota United owner Dr. Bill McGuire and his MLS…