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Stadium bill highlights
Star Tribune
May 20, 2006
GOPHERS STADIUM
LOCATION: Minneapolis campus of the University of Minnesota, near Williams and Mariucci arenas.
SIZE: 50,000 seats — expandable to 80,000 in the future.
COST: $248 million, including infrastructure.
WHO PAYS: 55 percent would come from the state and the rest from university donors, a $25 a year student fee and a $35 million naming-rights deal with TCF Bank.
WHO GAINS: The university expects it will generate more money to help run all athletic programs at the school.
TIMELINE: Major construction would start this summer; the stadium would open for the 2009 season.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: The state would acquire rights to 2,840 acres of university-owned land in Dakota County. The undeveloped land was deeded to the university by the U.S. military in 1947.
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