Source: Paul Levy & Mark Brunswick, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The projected cost of a new Vikings stadium is expected to flirt with $1 billion if the Legislature does not approve the project in the 2008 session. The Vikings are hoping to open their new stadium by 2012.
Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller predicted Thursday "there will be a very serious and hopefully fruitful discussion about what would be the public participation" in a new Vikings stadium. But he offered no hint at a timetable. "I think the Vikings are a valuable asset to the state, and I think the general thing is we need a way to get these important projects done," said Pogemiller, DFL-Minneapolis. "I don't know what the possibilities are. No local unit of government by itself would be able to handle this type of project."
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