Posted on 05/20/2014 8:08:09 PM PDT by TurboZamboni
TLANTA Minneapolis has been awarded the 2018 Super Bowl by NFL owners.
The owners rewarded the Vikings for arranging to build a new stadium on the site of the old Metrodome by choosing Minneapolis over New Orleans and Indianapolis.
The big game will be staged in the Twin Cities for the second time. It was there in 1992, when Washington beat Buffalo.
Minneapolis' new $1 billion stadium is scheduled to open in 2016.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Governor Mark Dayton was going to win anyway because after all, he’s a native son of the state and belongs the family that founded Target Corporation. It’s hard not to support a native son of that state....
True.
Unlike New Orleans who thinks the Superbowl should be there EVERY year cause of Katrina?
THAT’S extortion.
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