urbanMSP

Such is the pathological dislike of the Vikings and Wilfs

Wait, pillars on the inside of the building, or pillars on the outside, like for a skyway connection or something? I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to modifications to the little wings on each side of the building, if that's what it takes to make it work as a useful building instead of an ornate p...

Heads Up! The Vikings will reveal who their first preseason opponent today at 3. Everything I've seen points to a week 3 home opener, possibly on National TV.

You called it!

Seriously.

I'll stop.

Sorry, But do not all property owner pay an assessment when their streets are rebuilt? They are the only land lord so I would expect they the pay for there street rebuild like every other property owner. Their project tore up the street, they can rebuild. Again expecting others to pay for what othe...

“The Vikings are in control and we take all the risk,” Dorfman said. When talks began in 2014, the Vikings were not expected to contribute any cash toward the bridge. After pushback from the Met Council, an agreement was reached along with the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority that called for t...

My point is that there is very little beside irrational venomous dislike driving the dislike of the Wilfs and it oozes from this forum and its unseemly. I don't know why you feel the need to fight this fight here, but if you're going to carry on you need to at least accept that lots of people aren'...

Souhan: Vikings shouldn't stop demands at Chicago Av. sign

Passive-Agressive drek.

Huh. Is it possible that being a billionaire sports team owner isn't the way to become a beloved public figure? That somehow, people just don't identify with them and appreciate everything that they're doing for the little people? As improbable as that sounds, it just might be true, and perhaps sai...

I don't know, was Red McCombs Jewish? Because people treated him like a tone-deaf self-important huckster too. But that's the point. I was just in San Antonio, Texas two days ago (and in Arlington, Texas a mile from the Cowboy's AT&T Stadium - a U.S. Bank Stadium sister stadium yesterday and ea...

Twincitizen nails it. I wish VikingsFan would just come out and accuse us all of being anti-semitic instead of dancing around it so clumsily. I had no intention of coming out and accusing anyone of anything. Having said that, however, to your point, yes, it screams anti-Semitism. As you brought it ...

Look I'm not going to get into a long protracted argument with you litigating every detail of what the team did or didn't do as it relates to DTE. Honestly I just don't care that much, it' s a sports team not world peace. I was simply trying to explain why some people aren't completely in love with...

I understand your point of view, largely that the city should be thankful for the Vikings are here and helped make DTE and the Commons possible, and that this is a rather minor request the city can do for the team which is a perfectly fine position to have. In fact part of me agrees with idea that ...

Sorry, but this just strikes me as reflexive anti-Wilf complaining, particularly Grant's post. There's some merit behind the ceremonial vs. actual street name point, but we're still talking about a three-block stretch in which (as far as I can tell) the stadium is the only building affected. If we'...

Sorry, double published again. Deleted this copy

Exactly!, but I asked 3 times, I even talked about the images, but was told that it wasn't in the plans. I really wanted to pull it up on my phone for them to look at, but was afraid they'd kick me out. (This was about 2 weeks ago.) The last document I read claimed that Ryan had until December 31st...

I think it's going to be an awesome upgrade to an old building that is UAF today. It certainly isn't as beautiful as a shiny new, more glassy, arena would be. But it certainly is a prudent way to maintain an old building for many more years. I love how the panels look from Target Field, and how thi...

Ugh. As annoyed as I am with the Wilfs getting every little thing they want.... naming the station this makes the most sense. Colloquially, this will be referred to as "the stadium" stop. Examples of stuff I hear; "Go downtown and transfer at the stadium" "Get off at the st...

There does seem to be a bit of sound and fury to all this concern. I think the Vikings are going to do what they need to do to bring some fans along. But I also think that as the area develops, with hotels, restaurants, a large urban park, and a revamped entertainment oriented Armory, the normal urb...

My interest wasn't in defending the Wilfs as much as noting the pathological dislike for them that seems to cause people to lose perspective on verifiably events associated with DTE, the Stadium, and Viking ownership. Its unseemly. There are times - just some times not always - when "Minnesota ...