The Magic City Snowbears was a professional basketball club based in Minot, North Dakota that competed in the International Basketball Association beginning in the 1996-1997 season. The team was contracted when the IBA, IBL, and CBA merged for the 2001-2002 season. The team was awarded to Alexandria, Minnesota entrepreneur Thomas Anderson and owned in a partnership managed by Minot, ND Mayor Curt Zimbelman.
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