The debt owed for building the U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota was paid off 20 years earlier than expected. This was made possible after the 2023 tax bill allowed almost $400 million in reserves to be used to settle the debt. Reports say the 2023 tax bill allowed almost $400 million in reserves to […]
By: J.D. Duggan, Freelance Journalist
A thriving camp of houseless people in Near North Minneapolis has faced repeated threats of eviction by the city, but residents said they hope they can remain in their location on an empty stretch of city-owned land.
In late January, houseless people in Near North Minneapolis braced for the worst.
It was a harsh 25 degrees Fahrenheit, and a supposed eviction was on the doorstep for the nearly 20 people who had pitched tents on an empty plot of city-owned land.
By midmorning, two city officials showed up: Minneapolis Police Department Lt. Grant Snyder and Ward 5 City Council member Jeremiah Ellison. Snyder told residents that there would be no eviction that day.