AP {SOURCE} MINNESOTA TWINS

More than just major league baseball games will be played in the Twins' new open-air, real-grass ballpark scheduled to open in April 2010 in downtown Minneapolis. A Big Ten Conference tournament could be held there, as well as Gophers, high school, small-college and town team championships, Twins President Dave St. Peter said Tuesday.  

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