VIKINGS STADIUM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Update: Smokers, corporations to provide stadium funding backup
By Danielle Killey and Don Davis Smokers will provide the backstop to Viking stadium construction funding, the governor and legislative leaders announced Thursday night. If that is not enough, elimin...
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:35 PM
NEW PLATEAUS Vikings Stadium Kerfuffle
On April 10th, I attended a community forum where Minneapolis mayor RT Rybak made his pitch to citizens about the Viking stadium proposal. I use the word pitch, but it was more like a declaration. The...
Posted on 4/24/12 at 9:27 AM
Dayton not inclined to redo Vikings stadium plan 
Gov. Mark Dayton is downplaying the slow start to a gambling expansion that is the main financing tool for a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium.
By Associated Press , December 06, 2012
Phil Krinkie, St. Paul, column: ‘Let me entertain you,’ says government
Of course, these activities are fun and enjoyed by many Minnesota residents. But are they the responsibilities of state government? Would society be better off if we just gave people an entertainment voucher and said here, go spend the money on what you enjoy?
By Phil Krinkie , May 31, 2012
John Johnson, East Grand Forks, column: Partisanship ruined session, blocked key bills
Most of the session was spent with both parties digging their own ideological trenches and then shouting at each other for being obstructionists. For that, the 2012 session was mostly a disappointment and a failure.
By John Johnson , May 19, 2012
Phil Krinkie, St. Paul column: How are Twins’ stadium promises working out?
Just three years later at the Twins stadium, attendance is dropping, and the team have the worst record in baseball. Remember, the owners had told the Legislature that the team needed a new stadium in order to stay competitive.
By Phil Krinkie , May 15, 2012
RYAN BAKKEN COLUMN: Minnesota legislators score a TD with stadium vote
This is great news for diehard Vikings fans. This is even better news for people who ridicule the grape Kool-Aid drinkers. Like me.
By Ryan Bakken , May 14, 2012
Minnesota Senate approves Vikings stadium plan
The Minnesota Senate approved a Vikings stadium construction bill 38-28 late Tuesday night. Bill author Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, said the bill was a compromise among the parties involved, and “there’s a lot of win-win in it.”
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis , May 09, 2012
OUR OPINION: Minnesota Chamber, CEOs agree: Build the stadium
As lawmakers from northwestern Minnesota make up their minds, they should give special weight to the thoughts of Minnesota CEOs.
That’s because the executives’ only ideology is to figure out what’s best for Minnesota’s economy, business climate and civic health.
And those are pretty good foundations on which to base a decision.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , May 06, 2012
Some Minnesota lawmakers ready to adjourn, some want more time
Every issue in front of the Minnesota Legislature is optional as it prepares to adjourn in a few days, a couple of weeks or on its mandatory May 21 last day.
By Danielle Nordine and Don Davis , April 15, 2012
Erma Vizenor, White Earth, Minn., column: New casino could help Minnesota’s poorest tribe
"The spirit of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act is that all American Indians have the opportunity to benefit," the White Earth Nation chairwoman writes. "And our proposal would deliver huge economic benefits directly and consistently to White Earth Nation, the state’s largest and poorest tribe."
By Erma Vizenor , February 29, 2012
Arthur “Archie” LaRose and Floyd Jourdain, Jr., Bemidji, column: White Earth’s casino would be bad bet
Minnesota Indian Gaming Association member tribes take no pleasure in opposing White Earth on this matter.
But the tribe’s proposal is so inimical to the interests of the other tribes in Minnesota that we believe we have no alternative.
By Arthur “Archie” LaRose and Floyd Jourdain, Jr. , February 25, 2012
OUR OPINION: Stadium debate is not all about money
“Minneapolis, the state and the Minnesota Vikings have reached a tentative agreement on a new, $975 million stadium on a site at or near the Metrodome and on how to divide the costs,” the Star Tribune reported.
By Tom Dennis , February 18, 2012
RYAN BAKKEN: Sports dweebs could save Vikings stadium
It’s important to keep the Minnesota Vikings in Minnesota. What else would we talk about — and taunt about — at work on Monday mornings?
By Ryan Bakken , January 28, 2012
House advocate says it’s worth the effort
The Minnesota Vikings need a new stadium and Minnesota needs the Vikings, the chief House promoter of a new stadium says.
Rep. Morrie Lanning knows that saving the Vikings football team is a challenge, but one he says is worthwhile.
By Don Davis , December 24, 2011
Gambling expansion plans linked to Vikings stadium
Several proposals to expand legal gambling in Minnesota are in play at the Capitol as supporters of state assistance for building a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings look for ways to pay for it.
By Associated Press , November 25, 2011
Vikings stadium: The high price of rolling the dice
Gambling’s toll obscured in stadium pushQuarter by quarter, Randy Ringaman incessantly fed the casino slot machines and numbly nourished a gambling addiction that drained his nest egg, jeopardized his home and nearly cost him his life. Now the retired pharmaceutical worker watches with alarm as Minnesota lawmakers eye a raft of expanded gambling options as a way to pay for a new Vikings football stadium.
By Patrick Condon , November 25, 2011
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