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Gov. Mark Dayton, Minnesota business leaders and sports celebrities are scheduled to announce Minnesota's bid for the Final Four at a state Capitol news conference Tuesday.
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Gov. Mark Dayton, Minnesota business leaders and sports celebrities are scheduled to announce Minnesota's bid for the Final Four at a state Capitol news conference Tuesday.
Minnesota's 2018 Super Bowl bid committee promised more than a great party. The state pledged to pick up a super tab, too. We may never know all of the details about Minnesota's Super Bowl bid. Under state law, it's private.
Gov. Mark Dayton and other officials said Wednesday that they'll probably ask the Legislature for more tax breaks to sweeten the 2018 Super Bowl for fans now that the NFL has awarded the big game to Minneapolis.
If Super Bowl fans wander around the Twin Cities in 2018 thinking "everything looks so new around here," there's a good reason. Much of what they see will be.
Construction on the future Vikings stadium may be still in its infancy, but Stadium Project Director Allen Troshinsky says he and his crew have a new reason to be proud of their work. "It's just peaking above the street level now, so passersbys are able to see some of the progress," Troshinsky said.
The Big Easy, Naptown or the Twin Cities. That's the choice facing NFL owners when they vote Tuesday on the site of the 2018 Super Bowl, choosing among New Orleans, Indianapolis and Minneapolis. Each city has hosted the big game, albeit just once for Indy and Minny.
It may not look like much now, but the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority insists the site that once housed the Metrodome will soon be a major contender for Super Bowl LII. The organization is submitting its final bid for the 2018 game this Wednesday.
If you didn't know any better, you'd think it was the athletes doing all the work in Thursday night's Wild-Avalanche Game 7. But plenty of fans had increased heart rates, higher blood pressure and sweaty palms – and those were the people that weren't jumping up and down.
The Minnesota Vikings spent more than a decade campaigning for public funding for a new stadium, finally winning the long, arduous struggle for state approval last spring.
Minnesota's bid to host the 2018 Super Bowl has led to discussions about potential tax breaks. Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and legislative leaders were meeting privately Wednesday about tax changes that could be needed to land football's premier game. Senate Majority Leader Tom Bakk has said previously that the league expects cities that host the championship game will exempt player salaries from the income tax and lift taxes on game tickets.
Minnesota taxpayers might have thought the Vikings stadium debate was behind them, but there may be another controversy brewing.
When you think of nonprofits, homeless shelters or food shelves might come to mind. But during the Super Bowl, many of you wondered why the NFL is considered a nonprofit, too. You emailed us wondering: What does it take to be a nonprofit?
The New York Super Bowl was largely a success, and there's already talk of more cold-weather cities for future Super Bowls. Michele Kelm-Helgen is part of Minnesota's official Super Bowl bid committee, which was announced last week. She got an inside look at what a city needs to win the big game. "I think our venue is going to be able to compete with anyone," Kelm-Helgen said.
State officials say there were no DWI-related deaths on Minnesota roads over the Super Bowl weekend. While data shows authorities did arrest 175 drivers for DWI, there were no deaths where alcohol played a factor, the Department of Public Safety says.
General Mills' Super Bowl commercial was ranked among audiences ten favorite ads from Sunday evening. The ad for Cheerios brought back the fictional interracial family who first appeared in a commercial last year.
Officials with the Department of Public Safety are reminding football fans to plan ahead for a sober ride if they will be drinking during Super Bowl festivities.
A prognosticating orangutan at a Minnesota zoo has picked the Denver Broncos to win Sunday's Super Bowl. Amanda the Orangutan ran into her exhibit at St. Paul's Como Park Zoo on Saturday and went straight for a pair of boxes, each containing a shirt of the two teams battling for NFL supremacy, the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks. Zoo spokesman Matt Reinartz says Amanda paused a bit at first to soak up the attention. "She is a media darling. She came up to her glass, and kind of waved and played a little with the media," Reinartz said.
The Super Bowl is Sunday night in New York, and as always, it's one of the toughest tickets of the year. But one Minnesota teenager will be inside MetLife Stadium Sunday night thanks to the Make-A-Wish foundation. Our Wish of Month series continues with Anders' Super Wish.
The best defense is a good offense, the old adage does. While that might not prove true for football, but it may do so for ads.
Not only is the Super Bowl one of the most watched TV events of the year, but it's also one that gives us a good excuse to splurge on some of our favorite foods. Americans consume more calories on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year, except for Thanksgiving. The most popular items are wings, nachos, pizza, and beer. But Sara Bloms, a registered dietitian, says the calories can creep up quick.
Mike Grant is one of the most successful high school football coaches in the history of Minnesota. He now has one more big award to add to his list. Grant was named the Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year on Friday.
There will be a Minnesotan on the field during Sunday's Super Bowl. Denver Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker grew up in Cold Spring, and played for the Gophers. On Thursday afternoon, hundreds of people filled the Rocori High School gymnasium for "Eric Decker Day." Those on hand included preschoolers, teenagers, grownups and family - including Eric's grandma, Bernice Decker.
An idea born inside a University of St. Thomas dorm room will be front and center during this year's Super Bowl half time show. Minneapolis-based Drumlite was recruited to light up the drum set of the show's feature performers -- Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Cheerios is bringing back an interracial family to star in its Super Bowl ad. They were featured in an ad last year that made headlines after it sparked ugly comments online. But the negative remarks were followed by an outpouring of support for the fictional family.
