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Shorter Beer Runs in Minnesota, Just in Time for the Super Bowl

HUDSON, Wis. — As 73,000 fans make their way to U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Sunday to attend the Super Bowl, thousands of Minnesotans not lucky enough to have tickets will head to their local liquor store to grab some beer for the big game. It’s a common enough experience for football fans across the country — but not in Minnesota.

“We had to make the Sunday run to Hudson multiple times,” said Bill Lepsche, a Vikings fan who attended college at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul.

In Minnesota, packaged alcohol — other than low-alcohol 3.