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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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News in Brief: San Antonio Preseason Match Moved up and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: San Antonio Preseason Match Moved up and MoreMinnesota United FC finishes up preseason against the ashes of the San Antonio Scorpions San Antonio FC, the USL team that was once the San Antonio Scorpions, takes the pitch against Minnesota United FC. After the team’s first loss of preseason against Toronto FC on Wednesday, the team will likely want to end the preseason on…
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News in Brief: Minnesota United FC Updates, US Soccer Punts, Tampa Bay Rowdies to MLS?
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: Minnesota United FC Updates, US Soccer Punts, Tampa Bay Rowdies to MLS?Minnesota United FC announces stadium ground breaking It's coming… #MNUFC pic.twitter.com/4d87yzdANN — Minnesota United FC (@MNUFC) December 6, 2016 There will be an event on December 12 with MLS bigwigs in town for a groundbreaking on the new stadium, but the real question for the Loons’ fans is: What will the nickname of the stadium…
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Hopes Renewed for Minnesota United Stadium Progress
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Hopes Renewed for Minnesota United Stadium ProgressAutumn in Minnesota has been mild, but it has been a cold and desolate fall for Minnesota United news. Dr. Bill McGuire had repeatedly expressed hopes that there would be some sort of activity on the stadium site in the fall; the site remains an undisturbed dirt lot. But it seems that movement before the…
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News in Brief: #USMNTfail, Amos Magee, Jeb’s Political Career, and More
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: News in Brief: #USMNTfail, Amos Magee, Jeb’s Political Career, and MoreUS Men’s National Team loses first two games in World Cup qualifying, calls ratchet up for Klinsmann’s termination The US Men’s team match against Mexico started with off with a very positive gesture of players from both teams taking a picture together. For many members this week has been scary. We needed this win, but…
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Opinion: The Midtown Greenway is the Missing Piece of the Saint Paul Soccer Stadium Plan
Categories: The AngleContinue Reading: Opinion: The Midtown Greenway is the Missing Piece of the Saint Paul Soccer Stadium PlanThe plan for the new Minnesota United FC stadium has been approved by all the relevant parties and is moving forward toward construction. Over the course of the next one to two years, a number of ancillary details will need to be worked out. One of these details is providing adequate transportation for fans going…
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No 2016 Special Session – What Now for Minnesota United?
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: No 2016 Special Session – What Now for Minnesota United?One step forward – one step back. A day after the St. Paul City Council passed crucial resolutions allowing Minnesota United to start work on their stadium at the bus barn site in St. Paul, the team was thrown a setback on Thursday. There will be no special session of the Minnesota State Legislature in…
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Save the Date: Minnesota to Announce 2017 Entry to MLS
Categories: NewsContinue Reading: Save the Date: Minnesota to Announce 2017 Entry to MLSAfter months of silence and speculation, Minnesota United FC have scheduled an event to formally announce a move to Major League Soccer for the 2017 season. UPDATE: Minnesota United FC have announced that the press conference will occur at Saint Paul’s Union Depot at 5:30 PM, with a party to follow. Fans can register to attend…
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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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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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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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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…