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I was curious if there was an answer, and this is what I found (for starters): http://tcbmag.com/Industries/Real-Estate/The-Inside-Story-Of-Wells-Fargo-s-Downtown-East-De It mentions a confluence of factors that all came together at once, but it also states this: For Wells Fargo, the new urban park...

It's true that the parking ramp directly affected the four-block Wells Fargo development, as did the potential to build a park there. What no one can reasonably say is whether development in general would have occurred without the stadium. Reasonably, one can say that some development would have oc...

All of this hand-wringing over concrete pavers that probably wouldn't have worked well in our climate anyway? There is a pedestrianized street in central Helsinki called 'Aleksanterinkatu' that is very similar to Nicollet Mall in many ways. It has pavers that work just fine in the very similar clim...

To paraphrase a certain cranky old politician, the citizens of this forum are sick and tired of hearing about your damn chicken or the egg, stadium or the park development complaints! ;-) Can we move on please? Actually no. This is not a question of chicken or egg on the unresolvable issues of the ...

You are completely wrong about the extent to which the Vikings contributed to the stadium. attributing the private contributions to the team when the vast majority is from the nfl and naming rights is highly dishonest and factually incorrect. You're also parroting the same bull shit about the Wilfs...

The Wilf's saved the Vikings for Minnesota

I'll have to send them a thank you card.

No, you'll be thanking them by calling them the MINNESOTA Vikings, going to a game in downtown MINNEAPOLIS from time to time, and watching them on TV.

You're factually incorrect in roughly ten different ways. It's not surprising someone who doesn't live in Minnesota thinks the Vikings are only party whose interests should be considered by the mfsa. Minneapolis taxpayers deserve consideration. It's Minneapolis's inability to generate tax revenue f...

No one has received more welfare from the local governments than the Wilfs either. You are lying when you say the Wilfs contribution exceeds the public's. The Vikes under the Wilfs are some dynasty, twelve seasons and one playoff win. Dominating. When the Wilfs initially invested in the Vikings, it...

Yes. Ridiculous restrictions on ramp use on game day killed the Ryan portal. Any other perspective is Wilf bootlicking. Yes, "ridiculous restrictions on ramp use on game days" for a ramp that is being built by the MSFA, as part of the MSFA project in support of the stadium, primarily to f...

The Vikings proposal was horrendous. I think everyone here would agree. Grant, I would respectfully disagree. The Vikings produced a proposal with a plan that included a tax revenue generation stream based on actual numbers that only paled next to Ryan's promise that proved to be unrealistic and wh...

Ryan got the rights initially because they held out that they had a large hotel, residential, mixed use project in the pipeline. That deal was never as certain as was promoted. When it fell through, it should have gone to rebidding. The Vikings came forward with a solid proposal, a secure fund site,...

This really is a monumental black eye. More than just rhetorically, heads should roll for this level of mismanagement because, given the funds will still be spent on a much reduced product, the difference between what was promised and what will happen pretty much amount to misrepresentation - an act...

If Abdul "sprung" and change in design, it would mean that the relevant historical preservation entity lacked the processes that keep that from happening. When preservation issues are involved, there is supposed to be a development process that ensures any questions are worked out before t...

I'm not going to take sides on this because I don't know enough about the specifics, including what the developers plans were that made the preservationists so elevated. So what follows is more of a general observation. I have nothing against historical preservation, the need to undertake such an ef...

Didier, there is an entire business sector and area of law that deals with this type of branding. For those not familiar with it, is seems strange. But its actually a reasonably mature business with settled legal principles. Because there is great value in naming rights for sports franchises, their ...

I'm curious what leverage the Vikings had in this in the first place. How can one entity control what another does with their property? I understand the city ordinance angle but the city should be able to give the OK to a sign without requiring legal permission from other parties. Did WF purchase s...

As matter of fact, the last green support truss is coming down right now.

If you look at the "Interior" view of the Vikings webcam (http://www.vikings.com/stadium/new-stadium/webcam.html), you will see that the construction elevator is coming down at the west end of the stadium. It was supported by the last green support truss. As I think the only reason the sup...

Yes, I understood that to be the plan. As it relates to the pictures Grant posted above, however, I was just wondering if the construction along the street in Grant's 3rd picture reflected stadium construction (by Mortensen) or street construction by the City of Minneapolis (starting to make the cha...

Liking the mysterious energy crystals in the back, hope we get some more. From the U.S. Bank Stadium Update - October 7, 2015 (http://www.usbankstadium.com/u-s-bank-stadium-update-october-7-2015/), its called a "monument sign". As stated: The first large, 30 foot high “monument sign,” whi...