YOU CAN ALSO FIND MORE
INFORMATION AT
WCCO.COM/ORNAMENT.
THE FUTURE HOME OF
MINNESOTA'S MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
TEAM IS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE.
SOME REAL PROGRESS ON THE NEW
STADIUM FOR THE MINNESOTA
UNITED.
RIGHT OFF OF INTERSTATE 94.
IT'S SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE
SPRING OF 2019.
AS ANGELA DAVIS SHOWS US YOU CAN
ALREADY GET A GLIMPSE OF WHAT
IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WHAT USED TO BE A VACANT
PARKING LOT IS NOW BUSTLING WITH
ACTIVITY.
BIG TRUCKS HAULING AWAY DIRT AND
TALL CRANES MOVING STEEL BEAMS
AND BREAKERS.
THIS STADIUM IS BUILT FOR THE
LONG TERM.
OVERSEEING THE PROJECT IS
GREG HOOPER.
HE SAYS THE STADIUM DESIGN
INCLUDES FEATURES SPECIFICALLY
FROM MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER LIKE A
NATURAL GRASS FIELD.
RAIN WATER WILL BE USED TO WATER
THE GRASS.
INSTEAD OF USING STORM WATER
AS A WASTE PRODUCT YOU'RE USING
IT AS A RESOURCE.
THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING A
SECTION FOR SUPER FANS TO STAND
ON THE FIELD TO CHEER ON THE
MINNESOTA UNITED.
IT GIVES THEM A GREAT VIEW,
UNITY BECAUSE THEY'RE
CONTINUALLY CHANTING.
IT'S AN INTIMIDATING ENVIRONMENT
FOR THE GOALIE OF THE OPPONENT.
THIS HOLE IN THE GROUND IS
WHERE A SHOPPING CENTER WITH A
RAINBOW FOODS ONCE STOOD.
NEXT MONTH, LOOK FOR A CANOPY TO
BE BUILT AROUND THE STADIUM, BUT
NOT COVERING IT.
ANOTHER SOCCER SPECIFIC
ELEMENT IS A VERY LARGE CANOPY
FOR WEATHER PROTECTION FOR THE
FANS.
THE STADIUM WILL BE ABLE TO
SEAT 20,000 FANS.
ANGELA DAVIS WCCO 4 NEWS: .
THE COST OF THE FIELD IS
ABOUT $200 MILLION.
IT IS PRIVATELY FUNDED.
THE FIRST MINNESOTA SOCCER GAME
SHOULD BE PLAYED THERE IN THE
SPRING OF 2019.
I DRIVE BY EVERY DAY.
YEAH IT'S RIGHT WHEN YOU LOOK UP
