Photo: #This is the parking lot where the Minnesota Twins will construct a new stadium. Downtown Minneapolis and the Target Center is at the upper left. Home plate will be on the left side of the lot.
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This is the parking lot where the Minnesota Twins will construct a new stadium. Downtown Minneapolis and the Target Center is at the upper left. Home plate will be on the left side of the lot. (MPR Photo/Stephanie Curtis)

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Twins ballpark: What's next?


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Gov. Pawlenty signs the Twins ballpark legislation Friday at the Metrodome. Midmorning looks at the next steps toward a new ballpark.

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  • Chuck Ballentine: Director of Hennepin County's Department of Housing, Community Works, and Transit.
  • Dave St. Peter: President of the Minnesota Twins
  • Andrew Zimbalist: Robert A. Woods professor of economics at Smith College and an expert on the economics of sports. His new book is "The Best Interests of Baseball? The Revolutionary Reign of Bud Selig."

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