Per Sid: Late regent leaves $15m gift for Gopher FB facilities

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Take it with a grain of salt because of you know who reporting it but hopefully it is true.

Per Sid:

The word is that David Larson, a former Cargill executive who passed away Oct. 25, left $15 million to the Gophers football program with the money set to go toward the building of a football practice facility. That facility is something coach Jerry Kill believes is very necessary for the program to be competitive.

Hopefully this isn't Sid being Sid again
 

Curseislifted33 said:
Take it with a grain of salt because of you know who reporting it but hopefully it is true.

Per Sid:

The word is that David Larson, a former Cargill executive who passed away Oct. 25, left $15 million to the Gophers football program with the money set to go toward the building of a football practice facility. That facility is something coach Jerry Kill believes is very necessary for the program to be competitive.

Hopefully this isn't Sid being Sid again
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:clap: Thank you Mr.Larson.
 

You guys badmouth Sid. Don't be surprised if he bequeaths his money to Gopher athletics when he leaves us for good. Sid loves the U.
 

Dr.Don said:
You guys badmouth Sid. Don't be surprised if he bequeaths his money to Gopher athletics when he leaves us for good. Sid loves the U.
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Do you mean "Guys who badmouth Sid"? Don't think I've typed anything worse than sympathizing with how he now sounds.
 

I heard this a couple weeks back from a VERY reliable source. It's true.
 


I hope Sid gets to make the ceremonious final donation to get over the hump.
 


Dr.Don said:
You guys badmouth Sid. Don't be surprised if he bequeaths his money to Gopher athletics when he leaves us for good. Sid loves the U.
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Sid has stated several times he is through giving money to the U.

There will be a U-Haul behind Sid's hearse. He will take it with him.
 

Honest question here from a guy who really does not know. Is Sid worth a lot ?
 




Do we have any kind of running total for what % of the $190 million we have raised? This one donation is almost 10% of that on its own.
 


For what he's making through real estate dealings alone, apparently enough to elicit Bernie Madoff services, Sid has done quite well as a businessman.
 



bleedsmaroonandgold said:
Do we have any kind of running total for what % of the $190 million we have raised? This one donation is almost 10% of that on its own.
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I heard we were at 80mil before this. Don't remember where I heard it, but I did hear it.
 


West Fargo Gopher Fan said:
He's a millionare.
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True, but more of a multi-millionaire. My brother specializes in real estate litigation, and did some legal work for him many years ago. He's done very well in real estate, owning apartment buildings, a huge place on the St. Croix. etc. And of course, all of those private tunnels he has between the Star Tribune and the sports venues downtown :)
 

Firejumper said:
True, but more of a multi-millionaire. My brother specializes in real estate litigation, and did some legal work for him many years ago. He's done very well in real estate, owning apartment buildings, a huge place on the St. Croix. etc. And of course, all of those private tunnels he has between the Star Tribune and the sports venues downtown :)
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Yup yr right. I knew he was a millionare many times over. Just wasn't sure how many. I think he owned the land where the star tribune building is too.
 


afurry91 said:
I heard we were at 80mil before this. Don't remember where I heard it, but I did hear it.
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The latest news article on NothingShortOfGreatness.com lists only $40 M, but that's from September. But I have to imagine it has grown since then.
 

I didn't hear it myself, but saw somewhere Lou Nanne said recently on KFAN we were at 70-75M. Not sure if that was including Mr. Larson's donation or not.
 

Dr.Don said:
You guys badmouth Sid. Don't be surprised if he bequeaths his money to Gopher athletics when he leaves us for good. Sid loves the U.
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I respect the hell out of what he has done with his career and the fact he is still out there at his age is commendable, but the last 2 times he has reported something related to the new practice facility they both had to be retracted right away... Yeah I guess I am still salty about the ticket ordeal and took a cheap one I'll admit it
 


jaymil said:
I didn't hear it myself, but saw somewhere Lou Nanne said recently on KFAN we were at 70-75M. Not sure if that was including Mr. Larson's donation or not.
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I would assume it would include it. Heard about this donation a few weeks ago.
 

Lou Nanne reported on Barreiro this week that the U had raised between $75-80 million for the facilities. Of course at the time we didn't know about this donation, so it's hard to say if that figure accounts for the $15 million or not. Either way, very nice of Mr. Larson.
 




First, condolences to the Larson family. Second, thank you Mr. Larson for the generous gift. The U of M family appreciates it!
 


Cargill employee huh? How about that donation match?
 

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