HELP SAVE OPEN SPACE ON NICOLLET ISLAND
Friends of the Riverfront has filed three lawsuits challenging the plan to build a football stadium on Nicollet Island and the process by which local government has approved it. The first case ended when the Minnesota Supreme Court declined FOR's petition to appeal a ruling by the state Court of Appeals, but two more cases are still pending at the Court of Appeals. Friends of the Riverfront was joined in the first two cases by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota. The three citizen groups are asking that the City of Minneapolis and DeLaSalle be made to comply with state law and explore alternatives before destroying natural or historic resources. Donate to the legal fund online or send a check to Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, 219 Landmark Center, 75 W. Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55102-1406 (put "Nicollet Island" on the memo line).
Preservation magazine features stadium threat to Nicollet Island
The National Trust for Historic Preservation publication highlights development threats to the St. Anthony Falls Historic District. Click here to read more.
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Park board's new Parade Stadium plan is an alternative
See Minneapolis Park Superintendent Jon Gurban tell park commissioners about the new Parade Stadium (at an Aug. 2, 2006 meeting never before shown on TV ... not even the Minneapolis government cable channel!). Parade Stadium is an alternative to a proposed Nicollet Island stadium to be built on public parkland by DeLaSalle High School.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has begun work to build a new athletic stadium at its Parade site. Park board staff revealed the plans for the stadium as well as practice fields and an event center at Parade in a March 24, 2006 memo to park commissioners and at an Aug. 2, 2006 park board meeting. Superintendent Jon Gurban said with $1.5 million in hand, including a $200,000 grant from the National Football League for the football stadium, the park board "is doing site preparation on some of that work right now." With its location near downtown, Gurban said, "This whole area of course is central to Minneapolis, where any kid can get to it easily and most kids can get there by pathway." 
The new Parade Stadium the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is now building.: This 1,500-seat stadium is the centerpiece of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board plans for Parade.
Work is underway to build this new Parade stadium.: Minneapolis Park and Recreation plans for the Parade site also include a practice field and event center.