Vikings’ single-game tickets and a two-game mini-pack for home games go on sale today (Wednesday) at 9 a.m. in person at the Metrodome Gate B ticket booth. All ticket sales at the Metrodome are cash or credit card only. At 10 a.m. tickets will also be available in person at all Midwest Ticketmaster locations, and also by phone through Ticketmaster at (651) 989-5151, or via the internet at www.ticketmaster.com. Single-game ticket prices range from $30 to $135. If available, tickets for the Vikings’ game versus the Green Bay Packers on November 9 will only be sold in a mini-pack that includes the pre-season Seattle game on August 8. Ticket prices range from $96 to $176 per package.
The Gophers’ TCF Bank Stadium, scheduled to open next year, is impressive already with its arched entrances (like the old Memorial Stadium) and names of Minnesota’s counties on the exterior.
Sporting News College Football ’08 ranks St. John’s No. 3 and Bethel No. 8 in its top 25 listings of Division III football schools.
In this year’s July 15 all-star game the Twins will be represented by three players, catcher Joe Mauer, first baseman Justin Morneau and reliever Joe Nathan. It’s the 19th time in Twins’ history the franchise has had three players selected for the game.
Twins pitcher Livan Hernandez, 9-5 overall, is 7-1 at the Metrodome. He starts today against the Red Sox in Boston.
Former Twins shortstop Cristian Guzman, now with Washington, leads the National League in hits with 119.
In his last two starts for the Twins’ AAA Rochester farm team, Francisco Liriano has won twice, pitching 13 innings, striking out 16, walking two batters, giving up seven hits and no runs.
Anticipated date: Timberwolves’ rookie Kevin Love makes his debut next Monday in an NBA Summer League game against Dallas in Las Vegas. Former Gophers Dan Coleman and Vincent Grier are on the Wolves’ team that will play five games over 10 days.
The Wild opened their seven-day development camp yesterday at Xcel Energy Center. The camp focuses on the development of the organization’s top young prospects.
This week’s announcement that the NHL will hold another regular season game outdoors (Wrigley Field between Chicago and Detroit) is another indication that in the near future the Wild will play an outdoor game in Minneapolis, possibly in the new Twins’ stadium.