At Capitol, Vikings Owner Wilf Pushes Stadium
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf encourages state lawmakers Thursday to support building a new football stadium and expressed confidence the bill would pass this year.
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Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf encourages state lawmakers Thursday to support building a new football stadium and expressed confidence the bill would pass this year.
A Republican senator from the Twin Cities area says he's against the state helping pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium.
Despite the ongoing NFL labor conflict, the Vikings announced its 2011 preseason schedule Tuesday.
The long-awaited Minnesota Vikings Stadium Bill was officially introduced at the state legislature Monday.
The Minnesota Vikings finally got their stadium bill Friday, but with only 45 days left in the legislative session the team will have to compete for attention from state lawmakers who are mulling deep spending cuts in response to a $5 billion budget shortfall.
The Vikings stadium bill has been introduced in the legislature amidst the economic hangover from the Great Recession.
The Frozen Four is in St. Paul this week and one interested observer is Ted Brown, who played for the Minnesota Vikings between 1979 and 1986.
A plan to build a new Minnesota Vikings stadium has found few cheerleaders at the Capitol, where legislative leaders from both parties said Friday the stadium push must take a backseat to the state's budget problems.
Two Minnesota lawmakers plan to introduce a bill next week with a plan for building a new Vikings stadium paid for in part with a state sales taxes on sports memorabilia and luxury boxes, plus stadium naming rights, a pro football player income tax surcharge and a lottery game.
For the first time, details have been released on the new Minnesota Vikings stadium bill, which will be introduced at the Capitol next week.
The Minnesota Vikings believe they're getting close to a final stadium bill to be presented to state lawmakers. Lawmakers are well past the midway point of their session.
A Minnesota Vikings official stressed the various ways in which the team gives back to the state as he debated other experts Wednesday about whether public funding should be used to build a new stadium for the NFL team.
Gov. Mark Dayton is pushing for what he's calling "a people's stadium" for the Minnesota Vikings.
The Metrodome's new fabric roof has arrived and replacing the torn roof will begin on Friday.
The Minnesota Vikings stadium situation has reached a crisis stage. If a new venue is not approved by Minnesota politicians, the Vikes could take their business elsewhere.
