Zygi Wilf Says Vikings Will Chip In $250M Toward New Stadium
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Wilf Says Vikings Willing To
Contribute $250M To New Stadium
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Vikings Owner Zygi Wilf on Friday put a $2B “price tag on his vision to
revitalize Minneapolis’ Downtown East district: $954[M] for a new Vikings
stadium on the site of the Metrodome and an additional $1[B] to refurbish the
surrounding area,” according to Paul Levy of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE.
Wilf said that the Vikings are “willing to pay about $250[M] toward the
new stadium.” Levy noted that would be “about one-third of the stadium
costs, minus a $200[M] retractable roof that the Metropolitan Sports Facilities
Commission deems essential, but the Vikings have never totally endorsed.”
Wilf: “If the state feels that a retractable roof is that important, then
the cost should be absorbed by the state.” Levy wrote the rest of the money
“presumably would have to come from the state, with possible help from private
investments.” Minnesota state Senate Taxes Committee Chair Tom Bakk said
the Vikings “need a local partner” to advance their plans, but added
“I don’t know of one.” Bakk: “It’s unlikely the
Legislature will put general fund money into a stadium. We debated that for 10
years with the Twins, and I don’t think anything’s going to change”
(Minneapolis
STAR TRIBUNE, 5/5).
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