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University, like park board, finds deals with Red Bull, Coke don’t mix

By Chris Steller | 10.16.09 | 5:32 pm

The University of Minnesota is the latest public body to make a mess with multiple beverage-marketing deals. The U of M has canceled a contract with Red Bull because the energy-drink company’s on-campus ads conflicted with the university’s…

TCF Bank Stadium takes sport of logo-spotting at U of M to new heights

By Chris Steller | 09.12.09 | 3:06 pm

Saturday night, sports fans filling the new TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota can enjoy some good old-fashioned logo-spotting the way it was meant to be — back on campus and under the stars. You can help Goldy…

Sell alcohol at TCF Bank Stadium? Drunken public sex at Metrodome during Gopher game sheds new light on debate

By Chris Steller | 11.27.08 | 1:52 pm

When the University of Minnesota Board of Regents meets Dec. 12 to decide whether to allow wine and beer sales at TCF Bank Stadium, they’ll have a piece of news to consider: the alcohol-enabled public sex act in a…

My county spent $1.6 million on TCF Bank Stadium, and all we got was our name on a wall

By Chris Steller | 06.02.08 | 2:08 pm

For $35 million, TCF Financial Corp. will have its name writ large in lights at the University of Minnesota’s new $288 million TCF Bank Stadium, as well as on tickets, menus, staff uniforms, maintenance vehicles, and on and…