House trims public stadium subsidy

Posted at 3:46 PM on May 7, 2012 by Tim Nelson (1 Comments)
Filed under: MN Legislature

It's too early to tell whether the Vikings stadium is going to succeed in the Minnesota House, but representatives clearly had something smaller in mind. They approved an amendment to the bill cutting the state subsidy to the stadium from $398 million to $293 million, a $105 million, 26 percent discount.

Here's the roll call (Click for a larger version):

This comes just days after Vikings vice president Lester Bagley said the team was capping its contribution at $427 million. If the bill passes with the amendment from Rep. Pat Garafalo, R-Farmington, by the team will be in for $532 million.

Comments (1)

FOR THE WORKING CLASS HAVING A HARD TIME TO SURVIVE THE HARD TIMES IN MINNESOTA I THINK TO HAVE A MILLIONAIR GOVERNOR THAT HAS NO IDEA OF THE PLIGHT OF THE WORKING CLASS PUSHING FOR A NEW STADIUM WHEN THE ROOF WAS REPAIRED AS GOOD AS NEW IS ABOUT AS IRRESPONSIABLE AND DUMB AS A MAN CAN GET BUT WHEN ALL YOU SAY WHILE TRYING TO BE VOTED IS AS GOVERNOR IS A LIE AND A PIPE DREAM ITS EASY TO SEE WHY DAYTON HAS HIS NOSE UP THE VIKING CEO'S YOU KNOW WHAT AND YES I VOTED FOR THE LIAR WHICH I WAS DUMB ENOUGH TO BELIEVE AS HE TALKED WITH HIS GRANDSON BY HIS SIDE AT SOME FARM WISH I HAD BEEN SMARTER THEN

Posted by bob allen | May 7, 2012 10:43 PM

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