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Eyeing Super Bowl, St. Paul supersizes Winter Carnival to 17 days

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djo_29791-e1486260917929.jpg, Crowds line the streets of downtown St. Paul on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, to watch the flaring of torches as part of the annual Winter Carnival Vulcan V
By KATHY BERDAN | kberdan@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe 2018 St. Paul Winter Carnival, which will take place during the Super Bowl in Minneapoli

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
Minnesota Marvel - The 1986 Ice Palace
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

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

St. Paul hopes to cash in on Super Bowl with palace-sized plans

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20140521__140525superpalace.webp, A fireworks display puts the final touches on the lighting ceremony for the 1992 Ice Palace during opening night on Harriet Island in St. Paul Wednesd
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressSo Minneapolis is getting Super Bowl LII in 2018. What could St. Paul possibly get out of th

Soucheray: Super Bowl is fun but ice palace could be forever

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20140521__140525superpalace.webp, A fireworks display puts the final touches on the lighting ceremony for the 1992 Ice Palace during opening night on Harriet Island in St. Paul Wednesd, 20140523__5-23IcePalace1992.webp, The 1992 St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palace on Harriet Island in St. Paul. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)
By JOE SOUCHERAY | jsoucheray@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressSo magnificent was the Winter Carnival ice palace of 1992 that we — carnival-goers — mar
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