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For Super Bowl, Winter Carnival planning supersized ice palace at state Capitol

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The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By BOB SHAW | Pioneer PressA supersized ice palace is being planned for the 2018 St. Paul Winter Carnival  — to coincide with the 2018 Super Bowl in M

A castle of ice rises in Rice Park for the Winter Carnival

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Nathan Aasness of Showcore Inc. installs lighting in the Winter Carnival Ice Castle under construction Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, in St. Paul's Rice Park, The Winter Carnival Ice Castle is under construction by Bricklayers Local 1 in St. Paul's Rice Park. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), Bricklayers Local 1 will spend three days building the castle in Rice Park. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), Blocks of ice fill the street in front of the downtown public library, where the Winter Carnival Ice Castle is under construction. (Pioneer Press: Sco, Rod Schmidt moves a block of ice into place, in St. Paul's Rice Park where the Winter Carnival Ice Castle is under construction. (Pioneer Press: Scott, Bricklayers, laborers, plumbers, carpenters, millwrights, operating engineers and electricians union locals are working to bring the Winter Carnival i
By SCOTT TAKUSHI | Pioneer PressMembers of Bricklayers Local 1 were busy building the Winter Carnival ice castle on Tuesday in in St. Paul’s Rice Park

This year’s Winter Carnival ice palace will be mini. The real party is in 2018.

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A rendering of the mini ice palace planned for Rice Park for the 2017 St. Paul Winter Carnival. (Courtesy of St. Paul Winter Carnival)
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressSt. Paul’s Rice Park is going to get some cool construction during the 131st St. Paul Winter

Why is Stillwater getting an ice castle? It has the ‘perfect spot’

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As night falls Monday, December 31, 2012, visitors snap pictures at the Ice Castle at the Mall of America. (Pioneer Press: Chris Polydoroff)
By MARY DIVINE | mdivine@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThere will be a massive, shimmering ice creation in downtown Stillwater next winter.Ice Castl

F. Scott Fitzgerald series delves into ice palace history

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A touch of snow from last night’s snowfall looks more like dandruff on the shoulder of the F. Scott Fitzgerald statue in St. Paul’s Rice Park. The Twi
By MARY ANN GROSSMANN | mgrossmann@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressSt. Paul Winter Carnival historian Bob Olsen will present a short program on the ca
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