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Property Tax Exemption for Soccer Stadium Sails Through Senate – Liquor License Up Next
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Property Tax Exemption for Soccer Stadium Sails Through Senate – Liquor License Up NextEdited 6/12/16 – 3:45 p.m The property tax exemption for the Minnesota United Stadium in St. Paul, Minnesota passed on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday. Politics in Minnesota reported that the bill was not even debated before voting to approve the measure. As reported here on Tuesday, the bill was conspicuously missing the…
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Minnesota United Stadium Bill Moves Forward in Senate
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Stadium Bill Moves Forward in SenateWith only 13 days left in the 2016 Legislative Session, the Minnesota State Senate has started moving forward on the Minnesota United stadium bill. The team, along with the City of St. Paul, held a press event on Monday on the plaza of the State Senate Building. With United players juggling balls and the state…
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How the Minnesota United Stadium Bill Might Get Passed Through the State Legislature
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: How the Minnesota United Stadium Bill Might Get Passed Through the State LegislatureAlmost six weeks have passed since the Minnesota United Stadium tax and liquor bill were brought to the Minnesota State Legislature and nearly three weeks have gone by since it was last debated in a tax committee. So what’s happening with the soccer stadium measure? With less than three weeks left in the 2016 session…
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How the Minnesota United Stadium Bill Might Get Passed Through the State Legislature
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: How the Minnesota United Stadium Bill Might Get Passed Through the State LegislatureIt’s been almost six weeks since the Minnesota United Stadium tax and liquor bill were brought to the Minnesota State Legislature and nearly three weeks since it was last debated in a tax committee. So what’s happening with the soccer stadium measure? With less than three weeks left in the 2016 session what is taking…
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House Property Tax Committee Lays Over Tax Break for Minnesota United Stadium
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: House Property Tax Committee Lays Over Tax Break for Minnesota United StadiumST. PAUL, MINN. The Minnesota State House Tax Committee’s property division heard testimony on Wednesday on bill HF 3806, a request by Minnesota United to receive tax exemption for a MLS stadium built in St. Paul on the Midway ‘bus barn’ site. The bill was heard by the 16 member committee made up of 10…
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Surviving Midway
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Surviving MidwayWhen I moved my family from suburban Northeast Minneapolis to the neighborhood around the new Minnesota United FC stadium (in the inner city of St. Paul), I thought it would put me closer to the things I loved: soccer, community, and French Vietnamese bakeries. Never did I ever consider that I was moving them into…
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Minnesota United Stadium Bill Starts Journey Through Legislative Committees
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Stadium Bill Starts Journey Through Legislative CommitteesThe Minnesota State Legislative House Commerce Committee was the first to hear discussion on the proposed stadium on Wednesday. The hearing was exclusively about the liquor license portion of the legislation. As reported previously, the measure would allow the team to own their own license which could include sales in a restaurant, bar, or banquet…
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Minnesota United Stadium Bill Update
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Minnesota United Stadium Bill UpdateWe last reported last Thursday that the Senate version of the Minnesota United soccer stadium bill was brought to the capital. Later that afternoon, the House version was introduced by Tim Sanders (R-Blaine), who is sponsoring the bill. The measure seems to have broad support in the House, but questions remain. Will stadium fatigue play…
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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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Important Week at State Capitol For Minnesota United Stadium Bill
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Important Week at State Capitol For Minnesota United Stadium BillThe week is shaping up to be an important one for the Minnesota United stadium tax bills that are currently making their way through committees in both the Senate and House 2016 legislative session. It is believed that the measures will be tacked onto non-controversial omnibus bills. All omnibus bills have to be passed out…