TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008

Green roof announced for Target Center

by Walter Kovacs
Minneapolis-St. Paul

The Target Center

AEG, the arena management for Minneapolis' Target Center, has announced plans for an environmentally friendly green roof designed by Kestrel Design Group.

The proposed $4 million design, at 115,000 square feet, would be the largest green roof in Minneapolis and one of the largest in the nation. The green roof would potentially lower costs for cooling and storm water management and have an expected life of 40 years, 20 more than a normal roof.

Several options exist for the roof, including using a two-inch growing layer to cover the entire building or a combination of deeper growing layers with sections of conventional roof.

AEG became the arena manager for the 18-year-old Target Center following 18 months of manager turnover. The city of Minneapolis owns the building and hired AEG to make the building competitive with St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center.

The green roof is part of an overall planned upgrade for the building that could cost upwards of $40 million.

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