((HT: KSTP-TV))
In the light of this outdoor Roman Numeral Classic in the metroplex, the Twin Cities are chasing the idea of having the 52nd renewal in their new building...
Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton was surrounded by the normal amount of muckety-mucks who said that they wanted the game in the city...
There's a three-person campaign team and a five-person steering committee
Whatever those are...
Here's the presser and the initial amount of publicity the state is chasing...
The last time a game of that type was in Minneapolis-St. Paul was 1992...
Showing posts with label New Vikings Stadium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Vikings Stadium. Show all posts
Monday, January 27, 2014
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Vikes Break Ground On New Stadium
((HT: KSTP-TV))
The Wilf brothers, Twin Cities mayor RT Rybak, and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton were among a bunch of folks who broke ground on the new Vikings stadium this morning...
You'll see below just how cute everyone was with their golden shovels and viking helmets...
Here's the movement of the shovels...
It's supposed to take 2-and-a-half years to build the new barn on the grounds of the Metrodome...
“What a day,” Zygi Wilf said. “It was always our intention to bring a championship and a stadium” to Minnesota, he said. “We are embarking on our way to both.”
“It’s easy to demagogue against a project like this. But demagoguery doesn’t put people to work,” Governor Dayton said.
The 65,000-seat stadium is set to open for the 2016 season, and the Vikings will play on the Minnesota campus at TCF Bank Stadium for the time in between...
The Wilf brothers, Twin Cities mayor RT Rybak, and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton were among a bunch of folks who broke ground on the new Vikings stadium this morning...
You'll see below just how cute everyone was with their golden shovels and viking helmets...
Here's the movement of the shovels...
It's supposed to take 2-and-a-half years to build the new barn on the grounds of the Metrodome...
“What a day,” Zygi Wilf said. “It was always our intention to bring a championship and a stadium” to Minnesota, he said. “We are embarking on our way to both.”
“It’s easy to demagogue against a project like this. But demagoguery doesn’t put people to work,” Governor Dayton said.
The 65,000-seat stadium is set to open for the 2016 season, and the Vikings will play on the Minnesota campus at TCF Bank Stadium for the time in between...
Thursday, October 10, 2013
$975M Won't Be Enough For Vikes Stadium After All...Maybe...
((HT: Minnesota CBS))
If they want all their bells and whistles that they have planned...
The Wilf family has ponied up an additional $13-million for cost overruns and the city stadium authority has a $60-plus million fund for "contingencies..."
Whatever that means...
The team will know more next month when all the budget line items are in place to see what stays and what goes...
But, for now, it looks like elevators are in and skyways are out...
Here's Nina Moini...
If they want all their bells and whistles that they have planned...
The Wilf family has ponied up an additional $13-million for cost overruns and the city stadium authority has a $60-plus million fund for "contingencies..."
Whatever that means...
The team will know more next month when all the budget line items are in place to see what stays and what goes...
But, for now, it looks like elevators are in and skyways are out...
Here's Nina Moini...
Saturday, August 24, 2013
New Vikings Stadium May Be Delayed
((ht: star-tribune.com))
Perhaps the Minnesota Vikings won't be moving into a new stadium so fast.
A controversy of sorts seems to be popping up in Minnesota as the Sports Facility Authority says the Vikings owners, the Wilf family may not be able to pay their share of the teams new facility.
Zygi and Mark Wilf are in the midst of legal action in the state of New Jersey where they are accused among other things, of defrauding partners on a real estate investment. Thus far, they've lost the proceedings and the potential exists for a rather large settlement they'll be paying out.
For their part, the Facility Authority has been asking for a statement indicating the Wilf's can pay their $477 million share of the teams proposed $975 million brand spanking new stadium. They claim the Wilf's and/or their representatives are not handing over the financial information.
Read the entire, well-detailed story by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune RIGHT HERE
The story indicates this may or not be a significant delay. But it raises a lot of questions:
--If the Wilf's lose and are liable in the New Jersey suit, how big a hit will it take on their personal finances.
--Would that loss affect their ability to fund their share of the stadium (Doubtful, the NFL and others would step up to help with this)
--Will it affect their ability to own the team?
There are some questions here the NFL should be asking themselves as well. The Wilf's legal issues are the second instance of a team owner getting in trouble for questionable decisions. They pride themselves on having only the best rich people own teams, but that is beginning to look like it may not be true.
Perhaps someone needs to tell the NFL they might want to work on their image. But then again, all the league has to do is point to the fact the season starts in just two weeks and fans will fall all over themselves to consume their product.
That trumps just about everything else....
KARE-11 TV in Minneapolis has more:
Perhaps the Minnesota Vikings won't be moving into a new stadium so fast.
A controversy of sorts seems to be popping up in Minnesota as the Sports Facility Authority says the Vikings owners, the Wilf family may not be able to pay their share of the teams new facility.
Zygi and Mark Wilf are in the midst of legal action in the state of New Jersey where they are accused among other things, of defrauding partners on a real estate investment. Thus far, they've lost the proceedings and the potential exists for a rather large settlement they'll be paying out.
For their part, the Facility Authority has been asking for a statement indicating the Wilf's can pay their $477 million share of the teams proposed $975 million brand spanking new stadium. They claim the Wilf's and/or their representatives are not handing over the financial information.
Read the entire, well-detailed story by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune RIGHT HERE
The story indicates this may or not be a significant delay. But it raises a lot of questions:
--If the Wilf's lose and are liable in the New Jersey suit, how big a hit will it take on their personal finances.
--Would that loss affect their ability to fund their share of the stadium (Doubtful, the NFL and others would step up to help with this)
--Will it affect their ability to own the team?
There are some questions here the NFL should be asking themselves as well. The Wilf's legal issues are the second instance of a team owner getting in trouble for questionable decisions. They pride themselves on having only the best rich people own teams, but that is beginning to look like it may not be true.
Perhaps someone needs to tell the NFL they might want to work on their image. But then again, all the league has to do is point to the fact the season starts in just two weeks and fans will fall all over themselves to consume their product.
That trumps just about everything else....
KARE-11 TV in Minneapolis has more:
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