What started with a half-dozen antique vendors inside the Encounter building in 2012, the Duluth Junk Hunt has grown to 150-plus booths at Duluth Entertainment Convention Center.
“We look forward to this event every spring and fall,” said Emily Broman, founder of the Duluth Junk Hunt. “We love watching shoppers come through the doors and marvel at all of our vendors' beautiful displays and incredible vintage finds.”
This is a bet that Hughes ages cleanly, that his body cooperates, that the cap continues to rise, and that the surrounding cast can be managed without suffocation. It’s a bet that Minnesota can finally pull off the superstar contract that doesn’t end in regret.
This time, the leverage isn’t casino revenue. It’s downtown frustration — visible poverty, safety complaints, business dissatisfaction and the persistent sense that downtown Duluth has not lived up to decades of promises.
Twelve games per team. A defined start in April. A defined finish in July. Balanced home-and-away slates. Built-in byes. Repeat matchups that suggest geography matters again. It reads less like a marketing flyer and more like an operating plan.
Minnesota’s home schedule begins in Week 7, when Nashville visits. Kentucky comes to Minnesota in Week 8.
