St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman’s plan would place the stadium at the site of a former bus maintenance facility at Snelling and University avenues.

Council members call for stadium use beyond professional soccer games, including by community groups, and for “strong evidence” that the project would spur development nearby.

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman is among the most vocal advocates for bringing a Major League Soccer team, and stadium, to the Twin Cities.

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber confirmed a Minneapolis stadium is still possible despite pushback at City Hall.

While the mayor has said he aims to work out project details on a tight timetable, his office doused speculation he was turning up the heat on Minnesota United.

Backers of the 2023 event say it would put Minnesota in the global spotlight and the impact would be bigger than the influx of tourism dollars.

The Minnesota United ownership group hopes to get a sales tax exemption on construction materials worth $3 million or more as well as city and county property tax breaks on the proposed Minneapolis stadium site.

Bill McGuire, the former UnitedHealth Group CEO who is leading the ownership group for the new Major League Soccer team, told reporters that the group is working with the Kansas City-based Populous architecture firm on plans for an 18,500-seat stadium on a site just west of Target Field and adjacent to Interstate 94.

The outcry from party officials, lawmakers and activists has been deafening since the former House minority leader’s last-minute announcement that he will challenge incumbent State Auditor Rebecca Otto.

As insurers submit their proposed charges in every state under the Affordable Care Act, a pattern of large premium increases may emerge. And opponents of the 2010 health-care law will pounce. But the news media and the public shouldn’t succumb to their hysteria.