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  1. Dead Fingers

    Dead Fingers Moderator
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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
  2. Dead Fingers

    Dead Fingers Moderator
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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  3. Dead Fingers

    Dead Fingers Moderator
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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  4. firefan2001

    firefan2001 Member+

    Dec 27, 2000
    Oswego, Illinois
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Jealous...............
     
  5. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  6. Bluecat82

    Bluecat82 Member+

    Feb 24, 1999
    Minneapolis, MN
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  7. Dead Fingers

    Dead Fingers Moderator
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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Soon my friend, soon. :)
     
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  8. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  9. EvilChameleon

    EvilChameleon New Member

    Minnesota United FC
    United States
    Feb 11, 2019
    Youngstown, Ohio
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Are the first five weeks on the road because construction isn't finished, or because of the weather?
     
  10. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Weather. The stadium is pretty much done...or at least they take control like in the next week or so.
     
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  11. Bluecat82

    Bluecat82 Member+

    Feb 24, 1999
    Minneapolis, MN
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Because Don Garber hates us.
     
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  12. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  13. Dead Fingers

    Dead Fingers Moderator
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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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    Minnesota United FC
    Last year's HO on St. Paddy's Day was quite nice. With the sun I had my jacket off.

    Of course, the March 31st game against Atlanta was miserable, with the cold and hard wind chill. :laugh:

    European schedule, baby!!!! :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
     
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  14. EvilChameleon

    EvilChameleon New Member

    Minnesota United FC
    United States
    Feb 11, 2019
    Youngstown, Ohio
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I guess MLB doesn't share the same concerns. :laugh:

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    A full 12 or so days before the MNUFC home opener.
     
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  15. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    I’m with ya. I have no problem starting earlier. I wouldn’t be surprised if the team asked for this for the first season in Allianz.
     
  16. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
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  18. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  19. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    From Jeff R's. article in The Atlantic today about stadium.
    https://theathletic.com/843002/2019...nesota-uniteds-operations-in-2019-and-beyond/

    Their rental agreement with the University of Minnesota for usage of TCF Bank Stadium wasn’t cheap. The Star Tribune previously reported that the Loons paid $40,000 per game in rent, plus $200,000 in gameday expenses per season. That would add up to paying the University over $2 million across the past two seasons. And it doesn’t factor in the lost revenue streams of concessions and advertising opportunities.

    “From a revenue standpoint, it’s the first time in the club’s history where we control every single asset,” Wright said. “We’ve always controlled the social and digital assets, our broadcast rights, but we’ve never truly had exclusive control of the signage in the stadium—that was all temporary.
     
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  20. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  21. G Enriquez

    G Enriquez Member+

    Apr 1, 2002
    Tampa
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
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  22. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
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  23. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC



    My ticket rep called me today about events and I asked about parking. She said there would be some stuff in the next couple of weeks. I asked about Fair Ground parking, and she also said that they discussed that option, but that nothing had been decided as of yet.
     
  24. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
    Minnesota United FC
    1105534727988097024 is not a valid tweet id
     
  25. Dead Fingers

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    Jan 22, 2004
    St. Paul, Minnesota
    Club:
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