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St. Paul Winter Carnival’s Super Bowl ice palace canceled

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160125palace2004.webp, The 2004 Winter Carnival Ice Palace was the first since 1941 that the public was able to walk through. The palace coincided with the 2004 National Hoc, 20140523__5-23IcePalace1992.webp, The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By OLIVIA JOHNSON | Pioneer Press and NICK WOLTMAN | nwoltman@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe specter of the financially ruinous 1992 ice palace s

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

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20140523__5-23IcePalace1992.webp, 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

Vadnais Heights won’t have a Super Bowl ice castle after all

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vadnais-heights-ice-palace.webp, Vadnais Heights Mayor Bob Fletcher announced Monday, April 3, 2017, that the city and several partners are planning to build an ice palace to coincide
By ANDY RATHBUN | arathbun@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressVadnais Heights is cancelling plans for a giant ice castle that would have coincided with t

Vadnais Heights beats St. Paul to the ice castle punch

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20140523__5-23IcePalace1992.webp, The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWhen Super Bowl LII lands in Minneapolis next February, an enchanted winter wonderland made
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Keller went on to become the construction manager for the world-record-holding 1992 Ice Palace at Harriet Island, which rose to 166 feet and drew foot

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

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cst-11570-ice-castle-in-rice-park.webp, 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, cst-11503-ice-castle-in-rice-park.webp, The Winter Carnival Ice Castle is under construction by Bricklayers Local 1 in St. Paul's Rice Park. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), cst-11361-ice-castle-in-rice-park.webp, Bricklayers Local 1 will spend three days building the castle in Rice Park. (Pioneer Press: Scott Takushi), cst-11489-ice-castle-in-rice-park.webp, 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, cst-11455-ice-castle-in-rice-park.webp, 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, cst-11386-ice-castle-in-rice-park.webp, 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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2017_ice_palace_20161223-4.webp, 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
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