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14 years ago
If the Vikings were to pack up and move to LA and if the courts didn't bar them from taking hte team colors and nickname with them and if the NFL didn't promise a new team for Minneysota, the St Louis Rams would ultimately be shoved into the Norris, Nord, North Division which would be ironic since they too from time to time have fussed about fleeing St Lou.
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DakotaT
14 years ago

Of course you say that.. Not only are you an anarchist but a Packer fan. You lose absolutely NOTHING if the Vikes leave for LA.

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See this is where you'll never understand us Formo. We want you to stay in Minneapolis. We just don't like these out of state billionaires using the Vikings and the state of Minnesota the way they have. You don't think we enjoy all the banter between you and your retarded Uncle VR?
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Methodikal
14 years ago
How's this going?
Something funny.
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vikesrule
14 years ago
Latest that I know of...

Vikings stadium: Funding gap now $131M  

With Wednesday pretty much in the books, the Minnesota Vikings are down to five days -- including this weekend -- to have their $1.057 billion stadium proposal addressed and approved by the Minnesota state legislature.

The session is scheduled to adjourn Monday, and some of you have asked whether Gov. Mark Dayton would call a special session afterward to address this issue. The answer is perhaps, but as team vice president Lester Bagley said during an interview Wednesday on KFAN-1130, everything depends on the timing of a state budget agreement among legislators. It's unlikely the stadium bill would be addressed before then.....

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14 years ago
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said after meeting Tuesday with Gov. Mark Dayton and supporters of a Minnesota Vikings stadium that the league will contribute financially to its construction, and that he believes efforts to get the facility built are ensuring the team's future in the state.

"I think the commitment here is to get something done and I think that will ensure the success of the Vikings," said Goodell, after he was asked if he could envision a scenario where the team would leave Minnesota.

The NFL commissioner met early in the morning at the governor's residence with Dayton, legislators sponsoring the stadium bill and state Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel to talk about the team's partnership with Ramsey County to build a $1.1 billion stadium in suburban Arden Hills. With less than a week left in the legislative session, stadium talks are hung up on the cost of fixing roads near the site and who should pay for it.

Sorel said after the meeting his agency will have a more exact figure on road costs by Wednesday. Dayton and the chief legislative sponsors, Sen. Julie Rosen of Fairmont and Rep. Morrie Lanning of Moorhead, once again firmly stated that the state's share will not exceed $300 million -- and that any road-improvement costs will have to come out of that total.

"We still have work to do in terms of pinning down what are the transportation needs over and above what's already planned," Lanning said. "That is the most important issue."

Goodell would not reveal how much the league would kick in, saying he would release more details in the next few days. As part of its deal with Ramsey County, the Vikings pledged to pay $407 million, about 39 percent of the total project cost.

"Those are discussions that are going on in part based on the types of revenue that can be created," said Goodell, who turned up shortly after his meeting with Dayton at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis where the league is in mediation with the players union over the NFL lockout.

A provision in the stadium legislation at the Capitol will prevent stadium construction from getting underway until the league's labor dispute is settled.

Goodell toured the Arden Hills site on Monday, a former Army ammunition plant about 10 miles northeast of the team's current home at the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis. Goodell called the site "extraordinary" and "very exciting" and reaffirmed that the team's leadership feels strongly about building there.

With questions still hanging about the total cost of the project, and with Dayton and lawmakers still far apart on how to erase the state's $5 billion state budget deficit, the biggest obstacle facing the stadium plan at the Capitol is time. Lawmakers must adjourn their regular session by next Monday at midnight -- though the unresolved budget dispute threatens to force a special session that could give lawmakers more time to work on the stadium too.

"Where there's a will there's a way and yes, anything is possible," Dayton said.


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Just how polluted is the Arden Hills site where the Minnesota Vikings want their stadium? Ryan Cos. US may know — but it's not telling.

The Star Tribune reports that the Minneapolis-based development company spent millions of dollars on an environmental assessment of the property a few years ago, when Ryan wanted to convert the former ammunition plant into a residential and commercial development.

Ryan dropped the project in 2009, in the face of the real estate collapse and the expensive task of cleaning up the Arden Hills soil. But the company isn't saying exactly what it found, though it will sell the data to the Vikings, the Star Tribune reported.

The Army has already spent $200 million to clean up the various toxic substances there, and state officials think it'll probably cost $18 million more. But it hasn't done soil tests yet to be sure.

More stadium news: The Vikings and Ramsey County indicated they're open to changes in their deal, after Gov. Mark Dayton and the two key legislators indicated the current one is too cushy for the team, the Pioneer Press reported.



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