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There was a window that looked like one of the landscaping rocks was thrown through it on the north side of the stadium this morning.

So, is the management just holding onto hope of renting this giant space someday? Such a shame it's still empty. They should split it up. From what I've heard there's a desire by the owner to have a restaurant fill the full space and no desire from banks to fund such a thing. It really should be su...

It seems that the design of this thing is a bit flawed. They had to bring back the Abilene High Lift to clean the windows. That's going to be a significant reoccurring expense.

A photo I took yesterday of track work occurring in the MSP airport tunnels, where they were single-tracking. The tracks were shifted out of the way to replace the supports underneath. They're blocks with what look like rubberized gaskets/boots surrounding them: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/...

Hahaha bait and switch...... really????? It's a friggen video board. Design elements change during the process at times. It isn't like tehre hasn't been a ton of upgrades to the building during the process but yeah they were just hoping that nobody was going to notice that they promised media mesh ...

Has anybody seen this up close yet? Looking at the images on the MediaMesh page, when that system is illuminated, it looks as though it is a solid screen, so I guess based on what I can see on the webcam it's hard to tell exactly what it is they installed. But I'll agree that the initial renderings...

Should we give 1st Avenue the honorary name of Alphabet Street?

My presumption has been the sound is the sanders located on the vehicles. They help create more traction during positive and negative acceleration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOPaWGzjXOk

Looks like that HVAC duct on the concourse level will be blocked by a display or ad board.

They placed the first section of structure for the Bridge to Nowhere.

So I've noticed these police officers at a number of construction sites downtown. I presume they are mostly there for traffic control. Who ultimately pays for these officers, since they are being taken out of regular duty?

Business Journal is saying that they want a 5 star hotel with this development. Possibly a Four Seasons. Weird...there is a Four Seasons plane at MSP right now. More on that. Guaranteed this isn't a destination, just maintenance. http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2015/04/27/four-seasons-hotel-group-lau...

Bill heads to the Senate tax committee on Thursday.
http://www.senate.mn/schedule/schedule. ... e=standing

Residential parking permits would impact businesses year round, whereas the stadium will impact parking a handful of hours per year.

Senate Bill
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.p ... ber=sf2960

I hate the cliche comment about traffic concerns but this one's fairly legit. I'm curious how difficult/costly it is for the city to issue the blocks most impacted by stadium parking overflow residential permits so only residents can park during non-business hours. When my parents lived in Lincoln ...

Would anyone know if any of the archives in the area would have records of transit maps and schedules for the area?

To be sure, though, "honor" might mean buying out too. This was asked at the press conference. You really can't move forward if Rainbow Foods is sitting there for five more years waiting out its lease. I presume that one will shutter eventually since it was one of six not to be purchased ...

I'm very supportive of this project, and of MN United being close to my house so we can go to games, but I guess I'm disappointed at how stadium-y it looks. What do I mean? Well, we already have two massive stadia (TCF, US Bank) that look like big, massive stadia. Target Field is a little better bu...

The aerial.