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Veterans help plan memorial for new Gopher football stadium
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS - Veterans organizations are working with the University of Minnesota to make sure servicemen and women are honored at a new on-campus football stadium.
The old Memorial Stadium on the campus honored World War One veterans. University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks says the university wants the new stadium to carry on a similar legacy.
Memorial Stadium was torn down in 1992. The football team has been playing at the Metrodome since 1982.
A $248 million stadium has been proposed, but the Legislature has not yet acted to move the project forward. University officials say they hope to enlist veterans' help to persuade legislators to act on the stadium.
