Stadium Musings

The Minnesota Vikings have been fighting for a new stadium for nearly ten years. Since the Wilf family bought the team in 2005, they have really stepped up the fight. Some positive steps have been taken lately to make the possibility of a stadium a bit more real. The Minnesota government shutting down has stalled things a little, but it has never looked more promising. If it finally happens it will be the culmination of a long and frequently frustrating fight. It has never been easy. The San Francisco 49ers are also hoping to get a new stadium. They have done little more than saying that they want a new stadium. They are even pledging little towards the total cost, about a tenth of the total. The Vikings are putting up 40-45% of their total. Now, I see that the 49ers have already sold $138 million in luxury suites. Luxury suites that currently don't exist in a stadium that doesn't exist. Things should not be rolling along like this with so little effort being put into it. It shouldn't be this easy. Everywhere but Minnesota, stadiums seem to build themselves.