Minnesota § 473.552 LEGISLATIVE POLICY; PURPOSE

Minnesota Statutes

§ 473.552 — LEGISLATIVE POLICY; PURPOSE

Minnesota § 473.552

PartMETROPOLITAN AREA

Ch. 473METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT

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Minn. Stat. § 473.552 (2026).

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The legislature finds that

(a)the population in the metropolitan area has a need for sports facilities and that this need cannot be met adequately by the activities of individual municipalities, by agreements among municipalities, or by the private efforts of the people in the metropolitan area,

(b)the commission's ownership and operation of the metrodome and met center has met in part the foregoing need and has promoted the economic and social interests of the metropolitan area, of the state, and of the public, and

(c)the commission's acquisition of the basketball and hockey arena on the terms and conditions provided in sections473.598and473.599shall similarly and more fully meet the foregoing needs and promote these interests. It is therefore necessary for the public health, safety an

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The legislature finds that
(a) the population in the metropolitan area has a need for sports facilities and that this need cannot be met adequately by the activities of individual municipalities, by agreements among municipalities, or by the private efforts of the people in the metropolitan area,
(b) the commission's ownership and operation of the metrodome and met center has met in part the foregoing need and has promoted the economic and social interests of the metropolitan area, of the state, and of the public, and
(c) the commission's acquisition of the basketball and hockey arena on the terms and conditions provided in sections473.598and473.599shall similarly and more fully meet the foregoing needs and promote these interests.
It is therefore necessary for the public health, safety and general welfare to establish a procedure for the acquisition and betterment of sports facilities and to create a Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission.