Timberwolves CEO Rob Moor will play an influential role in overseeing the recently started renovation of Target Center, which will take 18 months and include $100 million in improvements. At a ceremonial demolition Wednesday to signify the start of the renovation, Moor chatted with the Star Tribune's Michael Rand:
Q Did you feel like you were last in line for a while in terms of sports facility upgrades with everything that has been built in and around Minneapolis in recent years?
A It's a process, so you just have to understand that each team has to find its own solution. In our case, we had to work closely with the city and it just took awhile to work through the details.
Q When this renovation is finished, what are going to be the main highlights that people will be able to see?
A The signature item is going to be the entrance on Sixth [Street] and First [Avenue]. We're suddenly going from concrete blocks to opening up with glass and being able to look into the building — with the energy of the building pouring out with every event. That's going to light up the whole area. Inside, I think as soon as we are into the Olympic break for the Lynx we're going to put a new scoreboard in. So that's this summer, and that's going to be an amazing scoreboard — state-of-the-art, beyond what anybody in this community has seen yet. And the suites will be open in October, which will be incredible.
Q I've heard you're pretty close to a solution for where the Lynx will play temporarily in 2017 during the renovations. Is it between Xcel Energy Center and Mariucci Arena?
A That's a pretty good guess.
Q Is there a preference either way?
