Vikings Stadium Bill Presses On In Minn. House

April 5, 2012 9:08 AM

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings stadium plan is still in play.

The House Rules Committee on Thursday granted the bill special clearance to keep moving through the committee process, a necessary step because the financing proposal missed normal deadlines.

The action was taken without debate, as is typical of matters before the committee made up of senior House members.

Gov. Mark Dayton has made authorization of a $975 million stadium in Minneapolis a top priority this session. It faces long odds, however, in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

As it stands, the proposal depends on an expansion of low-stakes gambling in bars and restaurants. Taxes on the games run by charities would foot the state’s roughly $400 million contribution. Private sources and the city of Minneapolis would pay the rest.

Vikings Stadium Bill Presses On In Minn. House

joe

Gov. Mark Dayton has made authorization of a $975 million stadium in Minneapolis a top priority this session.

How about creating jobs so the people from MN can afford to pay for tickets to watch the game?

STP

The stadium is not going to be constructed and operated by robots.
brandon

if we lose the vikings, we will lose jobs. if we build a new stadium, we will create jobs. why do most of you people fail to understand this??!!

Kelly

Why do you have a problem understanding the people of Minnesota don’t want any taxes raised to pay for a stadium.

joe

Jobs??? Beer vendors, janitors and guards…Oh yea, construction workers.

Hope and change.
Fred

WHAT TAXES ARE BEING RAISED??
politicianSUX

Kelly why do you have a problem understanding that the people of Minnesota DO want taxes and gambling increased to pay for a stadium?

joe

Of course this is the land of 10,000 lakes. As well as home to Al Franken.

Bill

Publicly funded stadiums do not create jobs.

Anyone who says this is lying. Google it.

If public money is given to Zygi, then it can’t be used to finance roads, educations, etc. So taxes WILL BE RAISED to make up the difference.

Zygi Wilf is scr@wing Minnesota.

Death

There R NO NEW TAXES! Can U READ??????

JoesFather

How about you start finding jobs for people yourself instead of blaming others for not finding jobs

Eco

Publicly financed stadiums are an economic loss so they actually mean FEWER jobs in the long run.

Everybody knows this.

Refrigerator Larry

Your logic is overwhelmed by the emotional excitement of seeing a touchdown. It makes us feel good as a state. The WHOLE state. How do you put a price on that statewide good feeling of the touchdown?

Loren

How do I put a price on it? Easy.

Two Cents.

joe

The new majority of MN people don’t want to work anyway. Hey, they just want the free money and benies… no one said anything about working for a living.

Robert

As you have posted several times I guess one could assume you are an expert in not wanting to work.

B

How about this for you naysayers……. If the team is not there, there are less employes in the state, and there are less state taxes taken out of their wages, which means less taxes and impacts the states fiscal budgets. Also I do agree with people building a stadium will create jobs in the short run, which we would hope would create more jobs in the long run, and in our current economic climate….I am sure nobody thinks about the people who work the stadium…..which are typically people who use these jobs as their primary or secondary sources of income…….oh yea and lest we forget the visiting teams who spend money here along with their fans……lets not be short sited! Unfortunately I had to move from the great state of MN to a state with only 1 truly major league sport and I hope we get another….when you have had it, and lost it…..you may realize this, you don’t want this to happen!!…….as with the North Stars/Wild situation…..the people of MN don’t want that to happen again! Go stadium!!

Janet

Dayton is a disgrace to his family name. Imagine taxing the poor for the benefit of millionaires and billionaires.

If his father knew the future, he never would have bequested Mark any money at all.

Fred

how is he taxing the poor in this case? Plesae tell me

Nate

Museums, art institutes, parks, recreation centers, etc. They are all pretty much economic losses as well but without them we would be the most boring state in the country and there would be no beauty in taking a stroll through town. There would be no tourists, there would be no visiting team fans spending millions at local businesses during games and worst of all (at least in many people’s opinion) there would be no Minnesota Vikings, a fifty plus year tradition in this beautiful state. Support the team, support a new stadium, support Minnesota and everything that stands for it.

Replace that toilet bowl of a stadium with something better, I’m tired of looking at it every morning on my way to work.

joe

Have you looked at the design of the new stadium? Looks just like the old one…..hummmmmmmm

junglejack

remember the republicans number one priority JOBS, do you see any jobs from them no just their personnel agenda
joe

When the Vikes win a Super Bowl then let’s talk stadium.

Mayhem

You’ll have to pretend on the first part of your comment because we’ve moved well beyond the second part….and is pretty much a done deal.

SKOL VIKES!!!!!!!!!

joe

What’s that old saying “When Hell freezes over” ….. lol

Mayhem

getting awfully cold here in hellsville!

Gotta a parka???

SKOL VIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!

Luke

If you don’t want to pay this measly tax they are going to have where the AVERAGE family in Minneapolis is going to pay $50…. thats FIFTY DOLL HAIRS..

Most people will probably pay under that in terms of extra tax, pathetic people are complaining about that.

Ron

That’s what they said about the Twins stadium.

In reality that is costing each person in Hennepin County $30 per year for 30 years..

That’s $900 from your pocket, into the Pohlad’s pockets.

$900!!! So, do you want to pay my share since it’s such a small amount? Hello? Anybody still there?

What a pod you are. You are actually encouraging the scam artists to rip you off. Pull your head out of that dark place.

Mayhem

Rich folks pockets or welfare cases….pick your poison.

at least we get a public venue out of the deal from the former.

Nancy

The overwhelming majority want nothing to do with this.

Otherwise there would be a referendum.

What happened to the Minneapolis City council members who wanted a referendum? Did Zygi get to them?

Mayhem

You dont count as an overwhelming majority…you count as one so cite your source.

If the stadium goes on a ballot, so should welfare…neither one of ‘em ain’t happenin’.

Harriet

Nancy didn’t say one person was a majority you idiot.

The reason it may not go on a ballot is that they KNOW it would lose..

Get it now? The fact they don’t want a referendum PROVES the majority are against it.

Only a few gullible and corrupt weasels like you are pushing for it.

Mayhem

another complete and utter moronic idiot needs education…….must be a republican.

um, she said “…The overwhelming majority want nothing to do with this.” tell me genius, how does she KNOW that is true? Did she poll the entire state of MN? Where did she get her info from. She is certainly not speaking for me.

And there are tons of issues that dont go to a ballot that could, why should this? Thats why we elect these politicians. To represent. I must have touched off a nerve mentioning welfare….hope youre spending my money wisely….have my doubts though

Ballots aside…have YOU called your rep, sent an email, wrote a strongly worded letter, etc to tell him/her of your displeasure about this issue? If enough of you whiners had done this and put up enough of a stink about it, pretty sure one of two things would have happened….it would have been put on a ballot OR the reps would have no choice but to vote against it.

THAT obviously didnt happen, did it? So guess what, its apparent that Nancy’s comment on the “majority” is quite the opposite.

Youve just been schooled Harry….so sit back down and give Nancy a hug and go about your business.

Factoid

“Would you favor or oppose using public money for a new Viking’s stadium? ”

Favor: 22%
Oppose: 74%
Don’t know: 4%

http://www.startribune.com/politics/133240568.html

Mayhem

Update your “factoid” Factoid

Poll: Many Minnesotans In Favor Of Stadium
March 23, 2012 5:58 PM

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/23/poll-many-minnesotans-in-favor-of-stadium/

Mayhem

I might add also that 200 MORE people were polled than the outdated Strib Poll you produced by the way.

Laura

Great!!!

If the majority want public money to be used for a stadium, a referendum will pass easily.

Contact your representative and tell them you demand a referendum:

http://www.gis.leg.mn/OpenLayers/districts/
Mayhem

@ Laura

Not sure why your telling me this….If it goes to a referendum I’d vote yes, if it doesnt (and it wont) it still gets built. Either way its going to happen.

It appears you need more on your side than mine…I suggest you start telling the other whiners to get on it and start calling their reps…you’d be wasting your time but whatever turns your crank.

Besides all this….it isnt public money that is being considered to fund this stadium anyways. Read up and be informed.

Mayhem

I find it interesting that for all this talk about funding this stadium however its going to be funded….and the whiners asking how the roads are going to be paid for if taxes are used…

YET we found a BILLION dollars for the 2012 construction season!

Ya, MN is broke alright.

SKOL VIKES!!!!!!!!