“How many professional sports franchises does California need? Honestly. 15 isn’t enough. is 20? 30? Good god. California is bankrupt, they have already tried several teams in LA and it didn’t work.”

Awwww…..poor child feels life is so unfair. Big bad California has too many toys and somebody doesn’t understand why…..Awwwww…..

It is called business blaz. Owners are out to make money not to satisfy your mistaken belief in ‘fairness’.

Gotta stick it to to little guys and the powerless first and foremost.
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At the risk of being too “political,” I’d like to say that most of what you said is untrue. I would also like to point out that no one is more of a “little guy” or more “powerless” than an unborn baby.

that’s a pretty reckless, generalized statement. he should probably state unequivocally the parameters required of the bill for him to sign it — particularly with a republican legislature.

this isn’t a commentary on the vikings situation specifically, but I hate it when politicians claim that they’re “creating jobs” when they fund a big project like this. Temporary construction projects are not JOBS. this is temporary work for a very specialized group of people. It’s not like building a stadium is going to fix unemployment.

I love football, I’d love to see it stay in Minnesota. Pay for it through ticket prices and advertising, anything but tax revenue.

The owners and players are fighting over a what to do with an extra billion dollars a year in revenue and you’re arguing we should give them more?

We’re coming for your NFL franchise next, Blaz; it’s only a matter of time. MLB will take the Dodgers away from McCourt, and assign your baseball team to the club as a Farm Team. If you’re lucky, we’ll leave you with your NBA team. Do you like hockey? We’re thinking about giving your NHL franchise a try-out, just out of spite . . .

whoa whoa whoa….let me get this straight.

The NFL owners and players need money from the State (which has a $5 billion budget shortfall) to build a new stadium?

Is this the same set of NFL owners and players that are currently pissing on each other in court because they can’t figure out how to divvy up a billion a year?

I have an idea. How about the NFL put that billion a year into a stadium trust that funds one new stadium a year for each team? Every 32 years they all get new stadiums. Want one sooner? Your owner can pay for it themselves.

That won’t work? OK..fine. We’ll give you a billion for a new stadium and create a “performance tax” of 50% of your income for every professional football game played in Minnesota.

Why won’t that work? oh ya…because the owners and players don’t really give a rats backside about the fans or taxpayers. They just want more money.

Move to LA….I’m sick of this sham.

Gotta stick it to to little guys and the powerless first and foremost.

*****the Kings (nba) are being subsidized for a year by the NBA.

Hate Minneapolis
It’s cold and it’s damp
And all the people dressed like monkeys
Let’s leave Chicago to the Eskimos
That town’s a little bit too rugged
For you and me you bad girl

Rollin’ down the Imperial Highway
With a big nasty redhead at my side
Santa Ana winds blowin’ hot from the north
And we as born to ride

Roll down the window put down the top
Crank up the Beach Boys baby
Don’t let the music stop
We’re gonna ride it till we just can’t ride it no more

>From the South Bay to the Valley
>From the West Side to the East Side
Everybody’s very happy
‘Cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day

I love L.A. (We love it)
I love L.A. (We love it)

Look at that mountain
Look at those trees
Look at that bum over there, man
He’s down on his knees
Look at these women
There ain’t nothin’ like ‘em nowhere

Century Boulevard (We love it)
Victory Boulevard (We love it)
Santa Monica Boulevard (We love it)
Sixth Street (We love it, we love it)

I love L.A.
I love L.A.
(We love it)

Lets not forget that the Dodgers can’t even pay the bills, and the Kings (nba) is not being subsidized for a year.

What a joke. Go cheer for your other teams.

You can’t put lipstick on a pig. Minnesota fans are beyond pathetic. You could have free beer and handjobs at the new stadium and one 5-11 season later they’d be having Clear Channel buy up tickets to avoid a blackout.

Don’t think so? Last year the Target Field was jam-packed. This year, the Twins start slow, and the stadium is empty. Fact.
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The Twins are averaging 38,380 per game, which is 97.2% of capacity, in a season in which they’ve started slowly, their stars are injured, and the weather has been terrible. I don’t think that qualifies as the stadium being empty. Fact.

Sure, the economic impact of building stadiums is minimal to slightly negative, and sure we don’t need a team here to improve the economy. That is something established in the literature.

But for some reasons, states still fund things that are revenue negative. That’s why we tax people. The question is if the net expenditure is useful.

A wealth of research also indicates that the presence of multiple sports teams that cater to multiple interests tend to increase the quality of life and general happiness index of cities when other factors are controlled for. This increase in the quality of life and happiness is generally better than the increase from spending in other social policy. I’m not saying we should sacrifice welfare or education funding to keep the Vikings, but perhaps they are worth more to our state than corporate welfare to 3M or Best Buy.

You can’t put lipstick on a pig. Minnesota fans are beyond pathetic. You could have free beer and handjobs at the new stadium and one 5-11 season later they’d be having Clear Channel buy up tickets to avoid a blackout.

Don’t think so? Last year the Target Field was jam-packed. This year, the Twins start slow, and the stadium is empty. Fact.

Hey Vikings jackwagons…enjoy your trip to LA or better yet Canada. Don’t forget there are differences in the CFL, but you will get used to them. Oh wait. That would take a degree of intellgence. Sorry my bad.

You spelled intelligence wrong…… This really doesn’t help your case in proving that Viking’s fans are unintelligent.