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The Calling is a stainless-steel loon sculpture by Scottish artist Andy Scott, beside Allianz Field at Snelling and University avenues in St. Paul. It opened in 2024 as part of the United Village development. The stadium gives its size as 32.5 feet tall, with an 89.5-foot wingspan, and a weight of 25 tons; other reports round the height to 30 or 33 feet.
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The Calling giant stainless-steel loon (32.5 ft) Allianz Field
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44.95523° N, 93.16644° W
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Minnesota's state bird appears as a 25-ton stainless-steel loon beside Allianz Field in St. Paul, shown emerging from the water with its wings spread.
The Calling is a loon designed by Andy Scott, a Scottish-born artist. The Allianz Field page says it stands 32 1/2 feet tall, measures 89 1/2 feet from wingtip to wingtip and weighs 25 tons, and that Scott spent over two years on it, with fabricating partner Dyson & Womack. MSP magazine rounds the figures to 33 feet and nearly 90 feet. The stadium says it is made of over 50,000 individually designed stainless-steel feathers, and MSP gives about 50,000; a Minnesota United news story gives more than 5,000.
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Free public viewing at the northwest corner of Allianz Field at Snelling and University avenues.
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Sculpture and plaza are open daily 7 am to 11 pm; climbing on the artwork and skateboarding are prohibited.
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