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Article: Stadium next on boosters' to-do list; Following a growing trend, a Minnetonka group is looking to fund more high school athletic facilities with private money. Other local teams could also benefit.(WEST)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- November 23, 2005
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Byline: Shruti L. Mathur; Staff Writer
Minnetonka sports boosters, who succeeded in raising money to buy an inflatable dome for use on a football practice field last year, now are setting their sights on funding a new baseball stadium and football practice field.
The playing fields would be built on the west side of the high school, where the current baseball field is located, at a cost of $2.2 to $2.8 million. The plan would add lighting and seating to the current field, along with other improvements.
The Minnetonka school board has not given the final go-ahead, but it did agree last week to allow an engineering analysis, including soil ...