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🌱 Patch AM: How Eagan’s Vikings facility figured into the NFL’s Olympic plans

Coming up on the Eagan Patch calendar: 2026 Simley Hall of Fame induction ceremony

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Hello again Eagan! We're bringing you the latest town highlights. Don't miss out, keep going! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Eagan's Vikings facility figured into the NFL's Olympic plans

Also on today's calendar: 2026 Simley Hall of Fame induction ceremony and 3 more events.

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 87 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 88, low: 66.
  • Tuesday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 86 and low of 67 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NFL, NFLPA Negotiating Olympic Flag Football Participation (frontofficesports.com) — Eagan briefly enters the Olympic spotlight here, as the Vikings' training facility hosted the 2025 owners' meeting where support for NFL players in Olympic flag football was announced and Justin Jefferson attended. The piece mainly explains ongoing NFL–NFLPA negotiations over safety, scheduling, and insurance rules that would allow interested NFL players to compete in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic flag football tournament.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Tuesday September 1
  • Municipal Campus Project Office Hours →
    Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
    4:00 pm
  • City Council Meeting →
    Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights
    6:00 pm
    • Wednesday September 2
  • Coffee & Cribbage →
    Mendota Heights, MN Calendar, 1695 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights
    9:00 am
  • Back to School Meet and Greet
    Somerset Elementary School Somerset Elementary
    4:00 pm
  • Teacher Meet and Greet
    Pilot Knob Stem Magnet School Pilot Knob
    4:00 pm
  • Meet & Greet
    Moreland Arts & Health Sciences Magnet School Saint Paul, MN 55118
    4:00 pm
  • Mendota Open House
    Mendota Elementary School Mendota Elementary
    4:00 pm

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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