If you doubt Minnesota United’s claim to being more than a one-city team, look no further than the team’s sprawl of facilities.



Each week, the Loons team trains in Blaine, with key members of the sporting staff having offices at the National Sports Center. Currently, the MLS team plays at TCF Bank Stadium, located in Minneapolis. As we speak, Mortenson Construction is 70 percent of the way through building Allianz Field in the Midway neighborhood of Saint Paul. Further from the metro, the summer has been full of youth camps and increased initiatives to reach out to greater Minnesota. In 2016, the team moved its main operating headquarters to Golden Valley for ticket sales and front-office executives, as well as team media content generation.



It’s at this home base where I sat down with managing partner Dr. Bill McGuire last Friday. While the project in Saint Paul certainly draws far more attention than an office move to the suburbs, all of these...