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Stadium Commission Proposes Metrodome Rehab

MINNEAPOLIS-The Minnesota Vikings, who play there, are not impressed with proposal to spend $259 mil on the stadium. The team wants a new one.

By Jim McCartney | Updated on December 13, 2000

MINNEAPOLIS – The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Wednesday proposed a renovated Metrodome model that features a “football-focused” renovation of the facility as a viable, prudent and cost-effective approach to Minnesota’s stadium situation. The commission projects that its proposed renovation’s would cost about $259 million. That’s far less, it argues, than the $400 million to $500 million a new football stadium would cost–and that doesn’t include the addition costs for roads, parking, sewer, utilities and other site and infrastructure a new one would carry.

“Based on extensive research, the commission believes that the Metrodome is far from obsolete and can serve its tenants and the public well for many years to come,” says Kathryn Roberts, chair of the MSFC. She argues that a renovated Metrodome would substantially increase revenue streams for the Minnesota Vikings and University of Minnesota, whose Minnesota Gophers football teams plays in the dome, through clubs and other premium seating opportunities, special sponsorship areas, increased advertising, and enhanced suites. The renovation would take three years but would not relocate Vikings or Gopher football games (the Minnesota Twins and Gopher baseball and softball teams would play elsewhere, however).

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