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Stadium Watch Blog

Lawsuits look to ask voter approval for Vikings stadium funding deal

Lawsuits look to ask voter approval for Vikings stadium funding deal

It’s been one of the remaining contradictions in the Vikings stadium deal. Sixteen years after voters in Minneapolis said they wanted a referendum on any new stadium funding, the city is poised to get a second professional sports facility, without a public vote. But now, two Twin Cities residents are challenging the deal with the Read more →
by Tim Nelson

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On stadium financing do-over, state gets closer to financial bullseye

On stadium financing do-over, state gets closer to financial bullseye

The Minnesota Department of Revenue said today that it expects to collect about $30.5 million in “floor stock” new cigarette taxes. That’s the stamp charge on all the cigarettes sellers had on hand before a $1.60 per pack tax hike took effect on July 1. First the good news: there’s about $26.5 million there to top off Read more →
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Did St. Paul lowball the Lowertown ballpark plan?

Did St. Paul lowball the Lowertown ballpark plan?

St. Paul got a nasty surprise when it started digging up the site in earnest for the new Lowertown ballpark: an unseen $6 million of pollution lying underground on the Diamond Products site. Or was it a surprise? Critics of the stadium point out an interesting artifact dating back to the application by the city…
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Stadium authority hires watchdog to look over deal with Vikings

Stadium authority hires watchdog to look over deal with Vikings

The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority says it is hiring a Dorsey & Whitney attorney to do what Gov. Mark Dayton has asked: to double-check the details on the deal the state is about to sign with the Vikings for a new $1 billion stadium. The governor said last week he was “deeply concerned” about the…
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Vikings: Personal seat licenses were no surprise in Minnesota’s stadium deal

Vikings: Personal seat licenses were no surprise in Minnesota’s stadium deal

There was no secret, nothing underhanded and no sneaking involved in the personal seat licenses that were written into Minnesota’s deal with the Vikings to build the team a new stadium, the team says. “Stadium builders licenses were vetted in 16 Legislative committees,” said Vikings vice president Lester Bagley, after Gov. Mark Dayton yesterday said he…
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Dayton: Vikings “snuck” personal seat licenses into stadium deal

Dayton: Vikings “snuck” personal seat licenses into stadium deal

Governor Mark Dayton says he isn’t having buyer’s remorse about the deal he crafted for a new Vikings stadium. That said, a day after saying he was “deeply concerned” by the legal troubles of the team’s owners, he expressed yet more regret about the terms of the deal. Dayton was in Rochester, kicking off the work…
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