Live-blogging the Vikings stadium debate

Posted at 10:37 PM on May 7, 2012 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Politics, Sports

The Minnesota House of Representatives passed the Vikings stadium bill after nine hours of debate on a 73-to-58 vote. Here's the entire bill. The major changes were:

** State will share in naming rights income and will cap state portion of construction costs. The Vikings do not like this provision.

** Provides a 25% payment of the TOTAL SELLING PRICE to the state if the Vikings sell. That percentage is reduced 1% each year. The original bill called for a payment of the PROFIT only.

** The Vikings, rather than the stadium authority, would be responsible for operating overruns once the stadium is running

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Comments (2)

Thanks for all your work today Bob. You seemed fairly confident about a bill passing the senate. Should I feel that way too?

Posted by Donny | May 7, 2012 11:01 PM

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Thanks for doing this Bob. An exercise in civics, mob democracy, and sausage making.

Posted by MikeB | May 8, 2012 7:29 AM

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