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Looking at the University of Minnesota’s “Row the Boat” agreement
A look at the unusual agreement between the school, head football coach PJ Fleck and a Chicago-based sports marketing company over Fleck’s trademarked “Row the Boat” slogan. ... Continue Reading
The University of Minnesota courts the military
In the spring of 2018, the State of Minnesota submitted a high-profile bid to have the United States Army build a Futures Command Center in the state. The bid – while ultimately unsuccessful – provided a revealing look at how the University of Minnesota tried to market itself to the military. ... Continue Reading
The Union Depot Hosts a Vikings Party
Three days prior to the Super Bowl in 2018, the Minnesota Vikings hosted a private dinner at St. Paul’s Union Depot for some of the wealthiest people in the United States — the team owners of the National Football League. ... Continue Reading
A Tesla crashes in Minnesota
One day after a Tesla automobile crashed in rural Minnesota in 2017, Tesla’s director of field performance engineering contacted the Kandiyohi County Sheriff’s office and said that federal regulators were asking the car company about the crash. ... Continue Reading
New Super Bowl Records Show NFL’s Reach, But Yield No Bid Document
The National Football League took wide-ranging control of U.S. Bank Stadium for Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis – including being given 75 percent of the luxury suites at the facility, and having local officials pay to add temporary seating for the game, according to newly released documents. ... Continue Reading
Records show how Greater MSP took control of state’s Amazon bid
State officials allowed Greater MSP – a business development non-profit with ties to Minnesota’s top companies – to assume a uniquely dominant role in the unsuccessful bid to land a corporate headquarters for Amazon. ... Continue Reading