Officials unveil design of St. Paul soccer stadium
A translucent oval open-air stadium that evokes images of flowing water and twinkling stars is what officials from Minnesota United FC envision for a new soccer stadium near University and Snelling avenues in St. Paul, according to renderings unveiled by the team Wednesday.
Minnesota United FC reveal renderings for new 20,000 seat stadium
Fans in Minnesota on Wednesday got a first glimpse at what their team's new stadium might look like when Minnesota United FC released new renderings for their planned facility in the Snelling-Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul.
Minnesota unveils renderings for future MLS stadium
The land of 10,000 lakes inspires a stadium filled with 23,500 seats for fans of Minnesota United FC. The future MLS team today unveiled renderings for its new (at least) $150 million stadium, planned to open in two years in time for the 2018 season in Midway, halfway between Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Mayor, team unveil design for Major League Soccer stadium in St. Paul
Minnesota's soon-to-be Major League Soccer franchise has unveiled plans for its new home in St. Paul.
Minnesota United Unveils Stadium Design
Minnesota United FC’s William McGuire and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman today unveiled renderings for the new home of Major League Soccer (MLS) in Minnesota. The 20,000 seat stadium will boast the latest in amenities and technology while also being sustainably designed to minimize environmental impact and energy usage.
Plenty of reasons to love the MN United FC stadium
The long-awaited details for Minnesota's new Major League Soccer stadium in St Paul were finally announced this afternoon and boy, does she look pretty.
Minnesota United reveals new stadium design
Minnesota United revealed plans to build a $150 million soccer-specific stadium in St. Paul on Wednesday. United owner Dr. William McGuire detailed the specifics for a 20,000-seat venue situated in the Snelling-Midway neighborhood in St. Paul. McGuire said the club expects to have the ability to expand capacity to approximately 23,000.
Minnesota United FC unveils renderings for MLS stadium in St. Paul
The stadium renderings for the new home of incoming Major League Soccer franchise Minnesota United FC were unveiled on Wednesday.
Artist's Renderings of Minnesota United's MLS Stadium Are Really Cool
Whether they’ll be “allowed” to keep their name once they head into Major League Soccer is one thing — come on, MLS — but there’s no doubt Minnesota United is going to have one good-looking building coming to join them in the United States’ top flight.
Minnesota United release St. Paul MLS stadium renderings
Minnesota United FC unveiled designs Wednesday for a rounded, glassy and semitransparent professional soccer stadium in St. Paul’s Midway overlooking Interstate 94 between Snelling Avenue and a rebuilt Pascal Street.
Soccer venture an asset to the region
Minnesota United FC owner Bill McGuire had already disappeared into the elevator when I realized I’d forgotten to thank him.
Pro soccer helps redefine St. Paul as a not-so-little brother
Norm Coleman and Chris Coleman are not connected by family or by political view. What they have had in common was mayorship of St. Paul, and the view that the vibrancy of their city depended on gatherings of people with an enthusiasm for spending money.
How St. Paul swiped Minnesota United FC stadium from across the river
It started, arguably, with an email. At 12:34 p.m. April 15, Jonathan Sage- Martinson, the city of St. Paul’s new planning director, shot off a quick note about drawing Major League Soccer to blighted land off Snelling and University avenues.
Minnesota United makes it official: Soccer, stadium coming to St. Paul
More than six months after Major League Soccer announced that it was bringing a professional team to Minnesota, a deal has been struck to build a $120 million stadium in St. Paul's Midway neighborhood.
Welcome, Minnesota United FC
I’m stating this as a firm opinion, Star Tribune columnist Pat Reusse wrote after word last week that pro soccer is destined for St. Paul: “There were more people in Wayzata who had been to Paris than to downtown St. Paul before the X opened and the Wild started playing hockey.”
St. Paul savors its Major League Soccer triumph
“We love United, we do … United we love you!” supporters of the Minnesota United soccer team shouted as city and team leaders officially announced a not-so-well-kept secret: St. Paul will be the new home for the Major League Soccer-bound team, which has committed to playing in an 18,000-seat stadium to be built near Snelling and University avenues in the city’s Midway area.
New Minnesota United Stadium To Be Built In St. Paul
The city of St. Paul scored a major league soccer victory Friday. It is now home to the new Major League Soccer franchise Minnesota United — with a new 20,000-seat soccer stadium.
Minnesota United Announces Intention To Build Stadium In St. Paul
Minnesota United FC’s William McGuire and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman today announced the team’s commitment to building a new soccer stadium at the Snelling-Midway site in Saint Paul, providing a home for Major League Soccer (MLS) in the state of Minnesota.
Pro soccer stadium deal is a gift for Minneapolis
Minnesotans are conditioned to expect proposals for new arenas and stadiums to include large and controversial public subsidies and relatively limited private investment by wealthy team owners.
New soccer stadium: Bad timing shouldn't diminish good plan
Minnesotans are tired of building new stadiums. They should be. There was a time (albeit just one year a generation ago) when the Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves and Gophers football team all played in the Metrodome.
United FC asks for tax relief on privately financed stadium
Minnesota United FC on Tuesday asked state lawmakers for tax relief to help it privately finance a soccer-specific outdoor stadium in downtown Minneapolis that would cost an estimated $150 million.
Mayor Hodges and the Stadium
With the public reveal of the funding plan for Minnesota United FC's planned downtown soccer stadium, the long and torturous MLS process has reached another unique stage. This one is possibly the worst of all, because it takes a private process based on soccer and turns it into a public free for all based on anything and everything proponents and critics can come up with.
Soccer deal makes too much sense for Hodges
CHS Field is the new ballpark for the Saints, the ballclub in the independent American Association. It is at the St. Paul end of the train line in Lowertown. I was there last Saturday to see the other tenant, Hamline, debut the stadium with a doubleheader against the Concordia Cobbers.
Minnesota United Committed to Private Finance of Stadium Plan
Minnesota United is dedicated to bringing the best fan experience to soccer supporters in the Twin Cities. Today members of Minnesota United’s ownership group met with government officials to discuss the financing plan for a soccer-specific stadium at the Farmer’s Market site in downtown Minneapolis.