{"id":116882,"date":"2017-02-24T10:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116882"},"modified":"2017-02-24T17:40:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T23:40:26","slug":"uj-vcsu-baseball-games-set-at-u-s-bank-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=116882","title":{"rendered":"UJ, VCSU baseball games at US Bank Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-116883\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/usbankstadiumbaseball.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"138\" \/>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 The Minnesota Vikings&#8217; new stadium is preparing for its first baseball game.<\/p>\n<p>Century College of White Bear Lake plays Iowa Central at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis Friday in a doubleheader that starts at 6 a.m. It will be the first baseball game played in the $1.1 billion stadium that opened last summer. More games follow that day \u2014 Grand View vs. the University of\u00a0 University in a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. and Minot State vs. Minnesota-Crookston in a doubleheader starting at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Crews have been converting the stadium&#8217;s football configuration to a baseball configuration. That involves removing dirt and two layers of plywood, protective barriers and turf cover, retracting 36 rows of seats that make up the outfield and installing dugouts, pitcher&#8217;s mound and home plate.<\/p>\n<p>The final field painting was Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Jamestown takes on Concordia on Saturday February 25, 2017 at 9-a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Valley City State plays St. John&#8217;s on\u00a0 Wednesday March 1, 2017, at 4:30-p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"textarea_2190\" class=\"m-content__textarea m-content\">\n<div id=\"content_2190\" class=\"content clearfix\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>February 24<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Iowa Central v. Century<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 24<\/td>\n<td>10:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>Minot State v. Crookston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 25<\/td>\n<td>9:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Concordia MH v. Jamestown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 25<\/td>\n<td>10:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>Concordia MH v. William Penn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 25<\/td>\n<td>9:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Mankato v. Crookston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 26<\/td>\n<td>5:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>Hibbing v. Oakton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 26<\/td>\n<td>4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Augsburg v. William Penn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 26<\/td>\n<td>9:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>St. Johns v. LaCrosse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 27<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Oakton v. Century<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 27<\/td>\n<td>11:15 AM<\/td>\n<td>Bethel v. Stout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 27<\/td>\n<td>4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Concordia University v. St. Cloud<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 27<\/td>\n<td>9:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>Macalester v. Northwestern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 28<\/td>\n<td>5:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>Northland v. Century<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 28<\/td>\n<td>10:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>St. Thomas v. Stevens Point<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>February 28<\/td>\n<td>9:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Hamline v. Stout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"textarea_2191\" class=\"m-content__textarea m-content\">\n<div id=\"content_2191\" class=\"content clearfix\">\n<h2>March<\/h2>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">DATE<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">TIME<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">OPPONENTS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>March 1<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Mesabi v. SCTCC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 1<\/td>\n<td>11:15 AM<\/td>\n<td>Mayville v. Viterbo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 1<\/td>\n<td>4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>St. Johns v. Valley City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 1<\/td>\n<td>9:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>Carleton v. Luther<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 2<\/td>\n<td>8:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Augsburg v. Mayville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 3<\/td>\n<td>10:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>St. Olaf v. Crown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 4<\/td>\n<td>10:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Crookston v. Dickinson State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 5<\/td>\n<td>7:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>Bethel v. Buena Vista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 6<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Clarke v. Mount Marty<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 6<\/td>\n<td>11:15 AM<\/td>\n<td>Macalester v. Robert Morris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 6<\/td>\n<td>4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Hamline v. Buena Vista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 6<\/td>\n<td>9:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>SD State v. Waldorf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 7<\/td>\n<td>5:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>DCTC v. Hamline JV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 7<\/td>\n<td>10:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>Clarke v. Mayville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 7<\/td>\n<td>9:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Augsburg v. Stout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 8<\/td>\n<td>7:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>SD State v. Crookston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 8<\/td>\n<td>10:30 AM<\/td>\n<td>Gustavus v. Mayville<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 8<\/td>\n<td>9:40 PM<\/td>\n<td>Bemidji v. Upper Iowa University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 9<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Wayne State v. Minot State<br \/>\nConcordia University v. Minot State<br \/>\nConcordia University v. Wayne State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 9<\/td>\n<td>4:30 PM<\/td>\n<td>Whitewater v. St. Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 9<\/td>\n<td>9:45 PM<\/td>\n<td>St. Olaf v. Midland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 10<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Superior v. TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 10<\/td>\n<td>11:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Whitewater v. Concordia MH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 10<\/td>\n<td>10:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>Minot State v. Winona State<br \/>\nWinona State v. Wayne State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 11<\/td>\n<td>6:00 AM<\/td>\n<td>Mindland v. Davenport University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>March 11<\/td>\n<td>5:00 PM<\/td>\n<td>Concordia University v. 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