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National Sports Center seeks large repairs; governor recommends about $8.6 million for ice‑plant work
Summary
The Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission and National Sports Center told the Capital Investment Committee the campus has a replacement value of about $205 million and roughly $78 million in deferred maintenance; the commission requested $23.35 million for asset preservation while the governor's recommendation includes roughly $8.6 million directed
Todd Johnson, executive director of the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, and Neil Ladd, deputy executive director for the National Sports Center, told the Capital Investment Committee on Feb. 18 that the National Sports Center's replacement value is roughly $205,000,000 and that the facility is carrying about $78,000,000 in deferred maintenance.
Johnson said the National Sports Center is a 700‑acre campus with eight sheets of ice and over 60 soccer fields and that the campus produces substantial sports tourism value for the state. "Each year, depending as we climb back from the shutdown during COVID, we project…
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