Comments on: Minnesota stadium authority suggests significant PSLs will be blocked

By: stellarperformance

stellarperformance — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 11:12:06 +0000

This is supposed to be “The Peoples Stadium,” not “The 1%’ers Stadium.” They lost.

I like the design rendering too.

By: rgledz

rgledz — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:05:13 +0000

No Carl….I think you probably have that distinction locked up.

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:21:23 +0000

You’re starting to sound a little clueless about how State politics work.

Bills are not contracts. If the Governor doesn’t like the way the Vikings are going about raising money for the stadium, he can have a state congressman from his party either A) introduce a bill repealing the stadium bill, B) introduce a bill that changes the funding in the original bill, or C) introduce price-gouging legislation that limits how much the PSL’s can be sold for.

And he can defend doing so by claiming he never would have signed the original bill if he had known how what the Vikings intended to do.

Politicians go back on their word every day. It would be more than clueless of you to think Dayton wouldn’t do so here if he thought it would ingratiate him to voters.

By: anchour33

anchour33 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:08:35 +0000

In Green Bay the PSLs ticked off a lot of season ticket holders when they went into effect, but they had a nice side effect of redistributing some of the season tickets. Apparently a lot of season ticket holders had amassed 2-3 dozen season tickets over the years and were just doling them out for a profit. At least the PSLs gave some other deserving fans a turn at season tickets.

By: kurmudge

kurmudge — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:04:20 +0000

Dayton actually doesn’t know anything about business or money. He is a trust fund baby, in politics with no prior record of accomplishment, because he was bored.

Sort of like Al Franken.

By: NoHomeTeam

NoHomeTeam — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:57:43 +0000

Carl Gerbschmidt says: By the way, is that a rendering of the stadium? Cuz that might be the ugliest thing ever. Uh . . . kinda this. What happened to the "ship" design? Or the potentially retractable roof, for that matter? Welcome to the Snowdrift, home of the Minnesota Vikings?

By: Carl Gerbschmidt

Carl Gerbschmidt — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:39:14 +0000

By the way, is that a rendering of the stadium? Cuz that might be the ugliest thing ever.

By: samanthasteeleruinedmyqb

samanthasteeleruinedmyqb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:38:51 +0000

At no time was anyone ever thinking they were going to charge $20K or more a seat. This is a straw man propped up by Dayton to make him look good to clueless people (copyright tito). The Wilfs just want to do the same kind of thing the Twins and Gophers and half the other NFL teams do.

By: joeyashwi

joeyashwi — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:12:51 +0000

So the Vikings cry for a decade for public money to fund a stadium and then turn around and want PSLs? The public has already paid you for the right to buy tickets for a seat.

By: titogetmesometissue

titogetmesometissue — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:03:55 +0000

That’s exactly why Dayton did it. I’ve never voted for him, but I will the next time around. He is largely responsible for my team staying in town and for helping to usher through a (mostly) reasonable deal for both Minnesotans and the Vikes.

By: davikes

davikes — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:55:42 +0000

Maybe Dayton is clueless. Or maybe he’s brilliant and out-sharked the Wilfs. Can’t say I feel sorry for the Wilfs if they can’t charge what they hoped for PSL’s. And it would be really funny if Dayton’s gotcha worked.

By: jrbdmb

jrbdmb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:52:29 +0000

Once the Vikings take significant money from the public to build the stadium, then the public should have a say in PSL fees.

By: chris6523

chris6523 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:45:42 +0000

The University of Minnesota charges an extra $100 to $500 per season ticket annually, based on the location of the seat.

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Waiting to hear from someone how this is Goodell’s or some greedy owner’s fault.

By: benh999

benh999 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:27:54 +0000

People pay to see the Vikings?