Preview: Vikes Stadium Goes To A Vote Monday
Monday is game day for lawmakers -- that's when the House will vote on whether to help fund a new $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium. Both sides of the issue weigh in.
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Monday is game day for lawmakers -- that's when the House will vote on whether to help fund a new $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium. Both sides of the issue weigh in.
Stadium votes don't run along party lines in the Minnesota Legislature and can be the most difficult — and visible — that lawmakers ever cast.
The Minnesota Vikings are inviting fans and stadium supporters to the Mall of America on Saturday to hear the latest on efforts for a new football stadium.
Feelings at the State Capitol are a little raw these days, with some republicans very upset with the Governor's veto of the tax bill.
After all these years, Greg Childs and Jarius Wright are still playing the same position for the same team.
After three days of deliberations, a jury has found Amy Senser guilty on two of the three felony counts in the fatal hit-and-run crash. The wife of ex-Minnesota Viking Joe Senser will be sentenced at a later date.
From the moment Christian Ponder took over the Minnesota Vikings offense in Week 5 of his rookie season, the quarterback never stopped scrambling.
Gov. Mark Dayton pronounced the monthslong state push to help build a new Minnesota Vikings stadium a "fiasco" on Wednesday, as the Legislature's Republican leaders proposed a significantly smaller state contribution to the project.
Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook says he is working to regain his teammates' trust after missing 10 games last year because of a trial on charges of domestic assault.
The Minnesota Vikings player accused of brutally beating a man over the weekend has been released from jail. Soon after, the Vikings announced he was waived from their roster.
The Minnesota Legislature will stick around into May to try to reach agreement on tax breaks, state-financed construction projects and a Minnesota Vikings stadium plan.
The Minnesota Legislature will stick around into May to try reach agreement on tax breaks, state-financed construction projects and a Minnesota Vikings stadium plan.
Earlier this week, the Vikings were "on the clock" in the draft. And now the Vikings Stadium is "on the clock" at the Capitol.
Rhett Ellison wasn't even watching the NFL draft on Saturday afternoon when the Minnesota Vikings came on the clock for the second time in the fourth round.
The Minnesota Vikings selected North Carolina State linebacker Audie Cole with their first pick of the seventh round.
A Minnesota Vikings running back is in jail after he allegedly beat up a 22-year-old man early Saturday morning at a birthday party in Oak Grove.
The Minnesota Vikings have selected Georgia kicker Blair Walsh in the sixth round of the NFL draft.
The Minnesota Vikings have drafted Notre Dame cornerback Robert Blanton with the 139th overall selection in the fifth round.
If any of you are geeky enough to have followed the debate in the Senate Tax Committee on the Vikings stadium bill, you know how very fragile the proposal is.
The Senate Taxes Committee has narrowly sent the $1 billion Vikings stadium bill to the floor of the Minnesota Senate.
The Minnesota Vikings have selected Central Florida cornerback Josh Robinson in the third round of the NFL draft.
A selling point for the Minnesota Vikings stadium plan, advocates say, is that it doesn't depend on general tax dollars. That would mean it doesn't put pro football in direct competition with money for public schools, nursing homes or other valued programs.
A key committee of the Minnesota Senate is taking up the $1 billion Vikings stadium bill.
The Minnesota Vikings moved down in the draft and still found their man. The Vikings took USC left tackle Matt Kalil on Thursday night after trading their third overall pick to the Browns for the fourth overall selection.
The Cleveland Browns have traded up to No. 3 with the Minnesota Vikings just before the NFL Draft, according to CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman.
