Renovating the 22-year-old Target Center, home of the Minnesota Timberwolves, has been a controversial piece of the deal to construct a new Vikings stadium, but the estimated cost of the project hasn't been easy to pin down. It was about $150 million last year, but now it's down to $100 million, it was revealed Thursday night at the first meeting of a panel charged with overseeing the renovation, the Star Tribune reports. Why? Answers have been vague.
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Minneapolis officials say they will support a $150 million renovation proposal for Target Center with or without a downtown Vikings stadium. But R.T. Rybak says a finance package linking the projects would create an opportunity to do big things.
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Part of the Vikings stadium measure, in the hands of the Minneapolis City Council, would also allow Minneapolis to finance a $150 million renovation of the Target Center. Plans already include moving the box office, adding more club seating and installing a state-of-the-art scoreboard.
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