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Tag: stadiums

Student Life

Should beer sales be part of college sporting events?

Alex Friedrich April 25, 2012, 9:53 AM Apr 25, 2012
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MPR News readers have come up with some interesting angles on the legislation that could bring the sale of alcohol to TCF Bank Stadium. They’re in answer to MPR’s Question of the Day: Should beer sales be part of college sporting events? Gary F says the new rules could create a bottleneck: I work the Read more →

Schools

What the Univ. of Minnesota faces at U2 concert

Alex Friedrich July 21, 2011, 10:19 AM Jul 21, 2011
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“This is our first big concert on campus, and it will be a learning experience.” — University of Minnesota Parking and Transportation Services spokeswoman Jacqueline Brudlos on how the U is coping with all of the logistical challenges behind this Saturday’s huge U2 concert at TCF Bank Stadium. Read the full Minnesota Daily article here.

Money

Bruininks may push for stadium alcohol sales again

Alex Friedrich January 19, 2011, 7:25 PM Jan 19, 2011
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With state funding in jeopardy, it sounds like University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks may take another run at getting alcohol served at TCF Bank Stadium — but only in the premium seats and suites. (Last year he turned down compromise legislation allowing alcohol sales as long as a third of the stadium’s general seating Read more →

Student Life

U of Minnesota Vikings game parking info here

Alex Friedrich December 17, 2010, 3:50 PM Dec 17, 2010
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Going to be attending the Vikings game Monday — or hanging out anywhere near University of Minnesota campus? The U has this parking information for you. Among the announcements: Individuals who are not attending the game or scheduled for work-related activities are encouraged to avoid the campus area. Do your part to help us reduce Read more →

Schools

Who will be shoveling TCF Bank Stadium?

Alex Friedrich December 16, 2010, 12:09 PM Dec 16, 2010
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From the We-All-Must-Be-Masochists Department, I got this from the University of Minnesota: UPDATE as of 10 a.m., Dec. 16, 2010: Due to an overwhelming response from hundreds of great Minnesotans, the University of Minnesota is no longer accepting shovelers to help clear TCF Bank Stadium on Thursday, Dec. 16. Those interested in helping on Friday, Read more →

Student Life

Student: Can't even give Gophers tix away

Alex Friedrich November 8, 2010, 3:38 PM Nov 8, 2010
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The number of students in TCF Bank Stadium was low again Halloween weekend. It’s not surprising, given the current state of the team. In fact, it’s almost a rite of passage that students become more and more absent as the season goes on.This is precisely why it is baffling that student tickets require a student Read more →

Student Life

Something for TCF Bank Stadium to aspire to

Alex Friedrich August 5, 2010, 5:56 PM Aug 5, 2010
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  Manningmbd via Wikimedia Commons Would it take a Big Ten championship for our U students to snap up tickets? The Big Ten has selected Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis as the proposed site for the conference’s first football championship game to be played December 2011, the Associated Press has reported.  The Big Ten announced Read more →

Money · Student Life

Gopher tix not so hot with students

Alex Friedrich July 29, 2010, 1:23 PM Jul 29, 2010
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Randy Stern via Wikimedia Commons Students aren’t biting like they did last year Those ingrates! After the university and state of Minnesota cough up around $290 million to build the Gophers a new stadium, the Minnesota Daily reports that students are slow to buy tickets this season. Sales are down by about 15 percent compared Read more →

Money · Student Life

Jersey: Have more “class” than the U of M

Alex Friedrich July 19, 2010, 6:23 PM Jul 19, 2010
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An editorial in a New Jersey newspaper today takes a jab at the U of M when it cautions Rutgers University officials to use some discretion when handing out naming rights. We wince though at the possibility of Rutgers coming up with something as crass as the University of Louisville and its Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium, Read more →

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