Ha ha ha ha!

How stupid do they think taxpayers are? It will cost more than 7 buck over 10 years to pay for a billion dollar stadium and infrastructure improvements. And only for Ramsey County residents?

Where’s the money coming from if the state leg passes this? Not only Ramsey county… And cleaning up the Super Fund site? Hmmm… The Ammo company went out of business so you can’t fine them and anyone thinking the Tea Bag congress which defunded SuperFund is going to allocate funds? Ha ha ha… Seriously…

My guess is, it will cost about 50 bucks a year for most Mn residents that pay income tax. Ramsey County folks that pay taxes will get hit about 750-1000.

And Zigi will go we we we all the way to the bank!

The state also contributed to the new field for the University of Minnesota. So I believe their priorities have been mixed up TWICE!

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No, it is like this see..

You don’t pay at least at .000000000000000000001 of the total cost of your home team new home, they MOVE!!

idiots…

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A large part of why football is so popular is because of the long time rivalries that have been established between teams (and fans). Any “real” football fan would not want to see this disrupted in any way. Listen, I lived in Minnesota for a time and I work with people in Wisconsin and I can tell you that the rivalry between GB & MN is probably stronger than GB-Chicago in some ways. Each team has stupid over the top fans………but the majority appreciate the rivalry the way they should.

And then someone else said $2/yr? These numbers are meaningless, and I’m guessing you’re only counting state tax contribution. The biggest problem w/ the stadium plan in its current state is the undue burden placed on ramsey county via sales taxes.

I swear something is in their drinking water.

Remember, this is the lone freaking state that in 1984, held out for Mondale!

Long time Viking fan, but don’t blame Zygi if all else fails, he moves the team from those ingrates/idiots.

Several years ago, when my son was 13, we took a trip to Green Bay to see the Packers play the Patriots in a pre-season game. My son was all dressed in his green and gold while I was in blue jeans and a neutral polo shirt. We set in a section full of season ticket holders. One of the season ticket holders asked my son why I wasn’t wearing any Green Bay gear, my son responded “Oh, he’s a Vikings fan!” I thought, “Oh no, are they going to beat the crap out of me?” Instead, they were very nice to me…they were some of the friendliest people I have ever met in my 50 years.

I have NO hatred for Green Bay or their fans. Is it fun if the Vikings win? Yes. Am I dissappointed when the Packers beat them? Yes. Is it a passionate rivalry? Yes. At the end of the day, I can reach out to Packer fans and earnestly say, nice game. I congratulate the Packers and their fans on defeating the Steelers in the Super Bowl. Am I envious…of course.

I think an on-going rivalry between the Packers and the MINNESOTA Vikings is good for the NFL and good for both teams. When there is opportunity for this out-of-state fan to be able to contribute to the building of a new stadium in Minnesota, I will do so.

Again, congratulations to Green Bay fans for having the current Super Bowl Champions. I hope the Vikings time will come soon!

The first part of the article you posted reads “I’ve seen a professional baseball game in person just once, and the memory of the boredom lingers.” This guy is obviously biased and threw a bunch of numbers out there. Anybody can make their point by finding biased numbers to try and sway people the other way. This article is not credible. I agree that in a perfect world, we should’t raise taxes to fund billionare’s pet projects. But IF the Vikings leave because of that, than by all means raise my sales tax and I’ll bear the burden of an extra $50 or so a year to keep the Vikings hear.

6yardslant, all those events would be revenue into your owners pockets as there are countless concerts and events at Gillette when the Patriots are not playing that the Kraft’s benefit from

I would like to see a return to an open air stadium where the game is played as it should be, not under the sissy domes.

For Viking fans, I hope it will work out but I get the sense under Zygi this team is destined to move.

2) The amount given to the Vikings per year would be many times less than the amounts given to other notable companies in Minnesota.

3) Despite popular opinion, the State of Minnesota and most states in general DO give money to certain types of businesses in various ways, including small start ups. Minnesota does already give large amounts to several notable corporations. Minnesota has funed the Twins stadium and even funded fully a Gophers stadium. Nobody even cares about the Gophers and they could have easily played in whatever is good enough for the Vikings.

4) Whoever posted that link, I did go to it, and it is complete junk. The entire article is some guy speculating, poorly, how he thinks stadiums could hurt local economies. It is retarded that you would think that “proves” anything. There are reasons that states time and time again fund stadiums that they benefit from. It makes sense, shockingly. Same reason we fund a convention center that brings in pittance in comparison.

5) Committing another 12 million a year for 30 years is going to have a relatively minimal impact on the current 5 billion defecit. It is annoying that detractors always talk about the total amount and compare it to the current defecit. We have time to pay it off. Hopefully we are still paying it long after the defecit is cleared up.

High School championship games, concerts, rodeo’s, moto cross, circuses, public events… In reality, the Vikings will use the building less than the state will. Not to mention all the tax and concession revenue the state revenue service and state run commissions get back from it.

Stop being so short sighted Minnesota.

North Dakota (Vote thumbs up)

Iowa (Vote thumbs down)

If you mean Invest=Corporate Extortion, sure.

This society wastes too much money on sports anyway.

Zygi putting up $407 million (over 40% of total cost) is more than fair. That’s the 3rd most all-time I believe.

Then to boot maintaining and upgrading said stadium usually runs another 200 million minimum a decade for taxpayers.. So lets say 607 million is a fair estimate. Construction workers average 48k a year. 1000 construction workers equals 48 million and i doubt they use that many workers.

Hotel Business?? Give me a break how many out of town fans typically fly in for away games and even then there are only 17 games in a season. It is not even close and if you think citys get back what they pump in to get these teams your a fool.

These crooked owners basically are handed a big loan for their businesses they never have to pay back to the city even after they start raking in the money.

Now all you out of work NFL Employees who degrade all posts not supporting owners. Give me your lame azz hands down .. Thank you come again

Many other articles at Reason.com destroy the myth that you blindly perpetuate.

I find it just astounding that people have no clue that the Vikings are a state, county, and city INVESTMENT due to ancilary businesses and JOBS that have been and will be created.

This doesn’t even speak to the emotional investment most in the state have of the team.

Don’t let the haters blind you to the Wilf is a “cheapskate”. By the contrary, Wilf is willing to put up the largest share. The county/state WILL benefit from their investment. The Vikings pump $$$millions into the area by their existence alone. Millions $$$ leave if they leave. It would be fiscally irresponsible to allow them to do so!!!

YOU NEED TO INVEST $$$ TO GET $$$$BACK!!!!