M.A. Mortenson Co. and the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Authority are at odds over change orders.
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Funding options explored for stadium pedestrian bridge
Met Council considers building just the footings for the $6 million structure at the Downtown East light ral platform.
Read More »Vikings pedestrian bridge deal delayed
The Metropolitan Council left discussion of a deal for the pedestrian bridge linking the Vikings stadium and the Downtown East light rail stop off its meeting agenda.
Read More »Deal near for Vikings stadium pedestrian bridge
The deal calls for the Met Council to pay the entire cost to build and maintain the bridge, which would pass over the light rail tracks at Fourth Street and Chicago Avenue.
Read More »MSFA to buy more land for Vikings stadium
The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority approved a deal with the city of Minneapolis to acquire portions of Fourth and Fifth streets in the project area to assemble additional land needed for the stadium.
Read More »Mann of war: a new chapter in stadium saga
After Minneapolis activist Doug Mann’s court challenge to the new Vikings stadium forced yet another postponement of a critical bond sale, state officials, project boosters and more than a few bellicose Vikings fans wasted no time in deriding Mann as a frivolous publicity hound.
Read More »Final vote on stadium agreements delayed
The Minnesota Vikings franchise and the public authority that will own its new home are working to break ground on the downtown Minneapolis stadium later this year. But Gov. Mark Dayton’s call for an inquiry into the team’s finances is complicating an already difficult set of negotiations over final agreements for the use and financing of the stadium.
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