I’m impressed that the Vikings managed to create enough fear in face painters to get them to take time off from their jobs to lobby, for free, on behalf of a for profit corporation. And, it’s doubly impressive that the face painters lobbied for a stadium plan that essentially eliminates tailgating. Parking lots will be [...]
This picture isn’t the greatest since it was taken by me in a moving car at night on a cell phone after a few beers. Still, check out how cool this stadium looks at night: That’s Vancouver’s BC Place stadium. That’s the stadium that used for the Opening Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, for the [...]
The Twins set a new record low attendance at their big box sponsored stadium on April 3rd with 22,963 folks watching at least part of their 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers in person. Thankfully, the Twins didn’t have to compete with the local games from the Vikings, Wild, Timberwolves or any major Gopher sports [...]
I may be wrong about this, but it sure seems like some of the best deals on real estate in the Longfellow Community are popping up in the Hiawatha Neighborhood. For those of you not familiar with the Hiawatha Neighborhood, it’s the neighborhood just north of Minnehaha Falls. Here’s a map: Here’s an example of [...]
This chart from Pew Research (via Erica) raises some interesting points. I know people who are part of the 30% of non-broadband or dial-up crowd. They have: – great bandwidth at work, don’t want to spend $50/month for internet so they can spend their evenings on the web too. – Neighbors with open WiFi networks. [...]
I was recently out for a run in North Minneapolis when I saw something I wasn’t expecting to see: the #9 bus. After years of living in Minneapolis near the eastern end of the 9′s route, it hadn’t occurred to me that I could cross the city at a northwest angle to reach Theodore Wirth [...]
Gary Schiff has a proposal for regulations on bike facilities that sounds pretty interesting. In a nutshell, once a building reaches a certain size, accommodating cyclists should be obvious (but isn’t, thus the proposal): Schiff will introduce the issue at tomorrow’s City Council meeting, but said most of the details still need to be worked [...]
The Slumlord of South Minneapolis, Spiros Zorbalas, has been in the news again. This time for a good reason. He is now officially out of the slumlording business in the city after selling his portfolio of poorly maintained properties to Steve Frenz. While showing little respect for his tenants, Zorbalas did appear to care about [...]
Can I call 311 to report problems with 311? Or, will 311 punt that problem back to me? I really don’t know the answer to that based on my recent experiences with the promising but occasionally underwhelming city service. Randall Dietel’s recent tweet let me know that I’m not alone in my frustration: Does @cityminneapolis [...]
The StarTribune reports on the possibility that the Wilfs will hit up fans for cash through personal seat licenses at the new stadium: Faced with the need to make a nearly half-billion dollar contribution to build their new downtown football stadium, the Minnesota Vikings may tap their most loyal fans to help foot the bill. [...]
