I started working for the Star Tribune in 1990.
Souhan: Super Bowl brings another chance at being a sports mecca
May 20, 2014 at 10:26PM
I knew Minnesota boasted a full array of sports teams. I had no idea that the Twin Cities were about to become a national sports mecca. Within a three-year span, the Twin Cities hosted a Stanley Cup final, a U.S. Open, a Super Bowl, a World Series, Herschel Walker's Vikings debut, the debut of a new NBA franchise and a Final Four.
We were not a cold Omaha. For a three-year span, we were a cold New York, a center of attention.
The news that the Twin Cities will host another Super Bowl arrives during a summer in which the Twins will host an All-Star Game, and two years before Hazeltine National will host another premier golf event – the Ryder Cup.
We may never again experience a sports blitz to match what our cities experienced from 1989-1992, but an All-Star game, a Ryder Cup and a Super Bowl within five years?
How will the famous Minnesota inferiority complex withstand this?
Mike Conley was in Minneapolis, where he sounded the Gjallarhorn at the Vikings game, on Sunday during the robbery.
