Plans to renovate two high school stadiums in Bloomington are on hold, because home games at Bloomington's Kennedy and Jefferson high schools might be too loud.
Bloomington high school stadium renovations on hold over noise concerns
Bloomington Public Schools had hoped to renovate and reopen stadiums at Kennedy and Jefferson high schools by fall 2024, but will now need more time.
December 1, 2023 at 12:00PM
Bloomington city ordinance limits decibel levels, said Bloomington Public Schools spokesman Rick Kaufman, but he said school officials did not think noise either stadium would fall within those limits. The school district plans to ask for a variance from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
While the district goes through the variance process the projects will not advance through city permitting, Kaufman said — meaning the stadiums will be set back several months from the district's planned fall 2024 opening. If all goes to plan, Kaufman said the renovated stadiums will open sometime in 2025.
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
