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Richmond welcomes Super Bowl crowds
It's getting crowded in downtown Indianapolis as fans party the night away before the Super Bowl. Hotels and restaurants in the Miami Valley are no different. Several fans used Dayton International Airport as a portal to get to Indianapolis where the big game will be Sunday night. Some fans found it more economical to go the Dayton route and some of them told News Center 7's Kate Bartley it was ...

Dayton can't choose stadium site yet, leans toward Linden Avenue
He said that the Vikings' choice of Arden Hills has problems, but the Linden Avenue site in Minneapolis appears the most workable.

Stadium: Dayton Prefers Linden Ave Plan
Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday he prefers the Linden Avenue site in downtown Minneapolis for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, but he won't recommend it to the Legislature or the people of Minnesota until concerns raised by the Basilica of St. Mary's and  other nearby interests are addressed.

Gov. Dayton says only Minneapolis sites appear feasible for Vikings stadium | Political Agenda
Gov. Mark Dayton weighed in on the Vikings stadium issue today, saying there are problems with the Arden Hills site and that two Minneapolis sites appear more feasible. And he seems to like the Linden Hills site, near the Basilica, the best. He said: "Unless the Legislature is willing to change its insistence on a voter referendum before Ramsey County can impose any kind of tax increase, the ...

Airbnb Got Over Its Reputation for Meth and Property Damage
The latest numbers out of Airbnb lead us to believe that the service, which helps people rent out their homes as hotels, has overcome the reputation it developed over the summer as the type of business that lets drug addicts and slobs ruin houses. As the graph above -- via a detailed (and confusing) infographic --shows, the company has grown dramatically, booking over 4 million rooms in the last ...

SUPER BOWL XLVI: Thanks to Mara, the Koperas made it to the big game
INDIANAPOLIS — Two longtime Giants fans lucky to get to Indianapolis for the Giants and Patriots rematch were Hamilton’s Ed Kopera and his dad, Jack.

City gives $250K grant for hotel renovation
DAYTON — Downtown’s Crowne Plaza Hotel is nearing the end of a multimillion-dollar renovation project, bolstered Wednesday by a $250,000 grant from Dayton City Commission.The hotel, at 33 E. Fifth St. across from the Convention Center, has remained open during renovations, and hopes to hold a relaunch event in March.

Neighbors Not Fond of Linden Stadium
On Wednesday, Gov. Mark Dayton indicated he is leaning toward a Linden Avenue stadium site -- but the current occupants aren't exactly gung-ho about the possibility they may have to welcome the Minnesota Vikings to the neighborhood.

Flyin' to the Hoop tourney president 'living his dream'
The game was sold out.Unbeaten Trotwood-Madison High School, featuring Dayton Flyers recruit Chris Wright, was playing perennial national powerhouse Oak Hill Academy — led by future NBA draft picks Brandon Jennings and Nolan Smith — in a Saturday nightcap of the 2007 Flyin’ to the Hoop tournament, then held at the Vandalia Bulter Student Activity Center.

Dayton received no bids to build new airport hotel
DAYTON — The city came up empty in its request for bids to construct a hotel on the grounds of Dayton International Airport, Dayton’s director of aviation said Wednesday.No developer submitted a bid by the Dec. 30 deadline, aviation director Terrence G. Slaybaugh said. Officials of the commercial property development industry had suggested that such an outcome was likely, given the difficulty of ...