METROPOLITAN SPORTS FACILITIES
COMMISSION:
An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission (Minn.). | |
| Title: | Published Records and Reports. | |
| Dates: | 1954, 1974-1992. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Published proposals, recommendations, evaluations, marketing studies, and reports, both prepared by and submitted to the commission, covering such topics as stadium location, legislation, environmental impact, economic impact, finances, and marketing. | |
| Quantity: | 0.9 cubic feet (1 box) and 1 master video file: MOV (2.1 GB). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Includes the 1987 and 1988 annual reports and a 1992 video of Twin Cities television coverage of the conversion of the Metrodome for the NCAA Final Four Tournament (college basketball) and the impact of the tournament on the Twin Cities.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission (Minn.). Published Records and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: None; 997-85; 2013-47
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 001735009
Digital video transferred from the master videocassette by the Minnesota Historical Society for preservation purposes, January 2019.
Location of Master Files:
Digital master of video is maintained on the Society's secure digital collections storage servers and is managed and preserved in accordance with archival best practices.
The original videocassette was disposed after it was digitally reformatted into an MOV video file.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 116.E.1.5B | Annual Reports, 1987, 1988. | ||||||||||
| General: | |||||||||||
| Stadia Design Research for a Baseball Stadium, for Metropolitan Sports Area Commission, Thorshov and Cerny, Architects, November 30, 1954. | |||||||||||
| Recommendations for a Metropolitan Sports Commission Approved by the Metropolitan Council, January 24, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Critique of the Study: Analysis of Stadium Alternatives Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Senate Staff, March 1975. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Analysis of Stadium Alternatives, Twin Cities Metropolitan Area...., Real Estate Research Corporation, December 1974. | |||||||||||
| Analysis of Improvements to the Metropolitan Sports Area: A Response to the Minnesota State Legislature's Joint Committee on Metropolitan Sports Facilities, December 1, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Sports Area Complex, Preliminary Proposal, The McNulty Company, Minneapolis, January 24, 1977. | |||||||||||
| A Multi-Use Sports Arena in Minneapolis, City of Minneapolis in Cooperation with the Greater Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Minneapolis Downtown Council, February 1977. | |||||||||||
| The Minneapolis Schematic Site Plan for a Single or Multi-Use Sports Arena, June 27, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Prepared by the City of Minneapolis and submitted to the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. | |||||||||||
| Stadium Location Evaluation, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc., July 20, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Twin Cities Metropolitan Sports Facilities: Draft Environmental Impact Statements-Bloomington, Minneapolis: Summary, State Planning Agency, December 1977. | |||||||||||
| Stadium Locations, Metropolitan Council Comments and Recommendations, March 23, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Twin Cities Metropolitan Sports Facilities: Final Environmental Impact Statements-Bloomington, Minneapolis, State Planning Agency, April 1978. | |||||||||||
| The Stadium Industry: Its Economic and Related Impacts, April 1978. | |||||||||||
| Prepared for the City of Minneapolis Stadium Site Task Force by the Real Estate Research Corporation. | |||||||||||
| Economic and Related Impacts of the Stadium Development Alternatives Facing the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, April 1978. | |||||||||||
| Prepared for the City of Minneapolis Stadium Site Task Force by the Real Estate Research Corporation. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Sports Facilities Conceptual Phase, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, November 10, 1978. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Council Consultants Report Prepared by Coopers & Lybrand Concerning the Downtown Minneapolis Domed Stadium, January 26, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan Sports Area Complex, Bloomington, April 18, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Indenture of Trust between Metropolitan Council and First Trust Company of Saint Paul, October 1, 1979. | |||||||||||
| Concerns the Metropolitan Council’s issuance of bonds for the construction of the Metrodome by the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota Major League Baseball Task Force Marketing Study, Pro-Image Image Professionals, February 1984. | |||||||||||
| Marketing Activities Report for Super Bowl XXVI and the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Well & Miller, February 1992. | |||||||||||
| Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Facts Sheet, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Media Kit, 1992. | |||||||||||
| Metrodome: Backgrounder, November 1995. | |||||||||||
| Analysis of Stadium Options, March 11, 1997. | |||||||||||
| Conversion of Metrodome for NCAA Final Four Tournament, 1992. 1 master video file (9 minutes, 46 seconds): MOV (2.1 GB) and 1 user video disc (DVD); 4 3/4 inches. | |||||||||||
| Clips from Twin Cities television stations news coverage of the conversion of the metrodome for the NCAA Final Four Tournament, and coverage of the impact of the tournament on the Twin Cities. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Sports -- Minnesota -- Marketing.
- Sports -- Public relations -- Minnesota.
- Sports and state -- Minnesota.
- Sports facilities -- Economic aspects -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Sports facilities -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Sports facilities -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Stadiums -- Location -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Organizations:
- Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis, Minn.).
- Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities Area.
- Meetings:
- NCAA Basketball Tournament.
- Document Types:
- Video recordings.
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