Dayton: Vikings Stadium Must Be At Dome To Pass
Gov. Mark Dayton is telling the owners of the Minnesota Vikings the team's new stadium will have to be at the Metrodome site if a stadium bill is to pass the Legislature this year.
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Gov. Mark Dayton is telling the owners of the Minnesota Vikings the team's new stadium will have to be at the Metrodome site if a stadium bill is to pass the Legislature this year.
Once the epicenter of entertainment in downtown Minneapolis, Block E is now struggling to stay alive. Now, the developers of the struggling Block E are prepared to join the stadium debate -- placing a wager that they could be the saving grace.
Gov. Mark Dayton took a private meeting Friday with church leaders at the Basilica of St. Mary to discuss their concerns over one potential site for a new Vikings stadium.
The Minnesota Vikings have hired Alan Williams as their new defensive coordinator.
A key lawmaker said electronic pulltabs are "gaining steam" as the preferred funding source for a new Vikings stadium.
Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday that none of the plans so far for a Vikings stadium are good enough to pass the State Legislature. That assessment comes just six days before the legislature meets in session, and just as the Vikings Metrodome lease expires.
The following is the full analysis on current Vikings stadium proposals and the conclusions from Gov. Mark Dayton.
The deadline for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium came and went.
Gov. Mark Dayton asked Minnesotans for stadium ideas -- and that's exactly what he got.
The first week after Adrian Peterson's reconstructive knee surgery was a grueling one.
Ramsey County leaders upped its financial offer Thursday to be the home of a new Minnesota Vikings stadium to a total of $375 million, while the city of Minneapolis offered $313 million for the team to rebuild at the current Metrodome site.
Minnesota's Governor wants all Vikings stadium proposals on his desk by the end of the work day Thursday.
A new city is throwing its name into the mix of places to be the new home of the Minnesota Vikings. Shakopee announced its plans at a news conference Wednesday to build a stadium for the team at a site just off Highway 101 and Highway 169.
Two days before Gov. Mark Dayton says he wants to see final plans for a new Vikings stadium, two plans to build in Minneapolis are under fire.
The people who work and pray closest to where a new Vikings stadium might be built are saying: not in my backyard.
