This week the Minnesota Vikings are involved in stadium meetings with league officials and state and local politicians. The team is approaching the two minute warning of this stupid game. It should not have gotten this far. It should already be done. The Vikings lease with the Metrodome is up at the end of this season. They will be free agents. A team without a home.
If all goes the Vikings way in these meetings, the governor will call for a special session of the state legislature and hopefully there will be a vote on the financing of $300 million of the estimated $1.1 billion project. Arden Hills and Ramsey County have already offered up $350 million. With the Vikings putting up the remaining $400+ million. An amount that will likely exceed 500 million when all is done. The Vikings contribution would be the third largest team contribution in league history. The only amount currently up in the air is that of the state. The special session makes or breaks the whole deal. The state will decide whether the team stays or leaves. Its remarkable that it has come to this. Its remarkable that there's even a debate. The Twins back into a stadium while the Vikings wait. Its ridiculous.
This has to get done.
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