Minnesota legislators “appeared to be making little immediate headway on a special legislative session needed to approve” a proposed Vikings stadium project one day after a “crucial report” on a new stadium in Arden Hills, according to a report in The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Governor Mark Dayton said that team owners, who have offered $407 million, were “going to be required to put up … probably close to a half-billion dollars when all is said and done.”
Lester Bagley, the Vikings’ vice president for public affairs and stadium development, said the team “hopes to meet with the governor next week but that no date has been set.”
The Star Tribune reported that the team had “made clear it wants a special session approving the Arden Hills project by the end of this year, but significant hurdles remain.”
There is “still no state funding plan, no clear political roadmap to getting the needed 102 votes at the State Capitol and continued doubts about the sprawling suburban site the Vikings have chosen for a 65,000-seat stadium,” the newspaper said.
Dayton said he would “begin meeting with legislators and others next week.”
Meanwhile, State Representative Greg Davids said he “would insist on public hearings for any stadium subsidy plan before a special session.”
Davids added: “There’s a lot of tax implications here. I want to hear from the public.”
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