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Businesses that rely on the Vikings home games are going to feel the pinch of the team's excursion to the United Kingdom, says the Strib's Mike Kaszuba. The Vikings are playing the Steelers in London on Sunday. A 

 details some of the losses, as well as some of the "meh," as the team skips one of its 10 scheduled home games.

The stadium bill requires the Vikings to play all their home games in the new facility, but allows them three away games, outside the United States, in the first 15 years of their 30 year lease, and three more for the second half of their lease. That allows the team to skip town on a maximum of 2 percent of their home games in the new stadium.

Back in Minnesota and Watchdog.org's Minnesota Bureau, Minnesota Freedom Foundation's investigative director Tom Steward has a piece on 

Mary Liz Holberg's effort to shed a little light

 on what have been the opaque finances of the stadium deal. She wants to repeal an exemption keeping the team's books private, and reveal their finances if they want taxpayer help, and introduced a bill to do so in this month's special legislative session.

The financial information provided by the Vikings is shielded in the stadium law law signed last year.  Here's the relevant language:

And finally, the Minneapolis-based Welfare Rights Committee is planning a protest this morning in front of the Governor's mansion. They say the Dayton administration should be helping the poor, not millionaire sports team owners from New Jersey. Here's an excerpt from the WRC release announcing the protest:

Look for more coverage on Stadium Watch later today.

Tim Nelson

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Businesses that rely on the Vikings home games are going to feel the pinch of the team’s excursion to the United Kingdom, says the Strib’s Mike Kaszuba. The Vikings are playing the Steelers in London on Sunday. A story today details some of the losses, as well as some of the “meh,” as the team…

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