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Article: THE MONEY MAN; From Calvin Griffith to Carl Pohlad, from Max Winter to Red McCombs, Roger Simonson has counted the beans at Met Stadium and the Metrodome. Now, after 40 years, the keeper of the books is retiring.(BUSINESS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- June 28, 2002
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Byline: Jay Weiner; Staff Writer
Roger Simonson's finger has been on the adding machine of pro sports in Minnesota since game-day parking cost 25 cents, Twins tickets were $1.50, advertising signs in a ballpark went for $1,000 per season and team owners and stadium landlords golfed and fished together.
Another age. Forty years ago, to be exact, before luxury suites and personal seat licenses were as central to the lexicon of sports as home runs and Cracker Jack.
This week, Simonson, 65, will pack up his sharpened pencil and leave his post as the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission's director of finance. The keeper of the Metrodome's books ...