How did the Xcel Energy Center get built in this kind of environment?
Did Met Stadium go through this long, drawn out process?
The Vikings were close to an agreement that would have resulted in the announcement of a new stadium plan, but now everything is on hold until the groups involved can answer a few questions.
Well, until they can answer one question:
According to Bill Lester, executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, plans for the new stadium can’t even be publicly discussed “until we come up with some way to pay for all this.”
Really? You are still talking about that? Not about construction timelines, stadium design, or naming rights – you are still talking about who pays for what?
So, the Twins stadium hinges on land that really isn’t for sale at market prices and the Vikings are again talking about their new stadium before they have financial arrangements worked out. What is this 1995?
The current Vikings plan is to demolish the Metrodome and build a new stadium on that site at a current cost of about $900 million dollars. Which means by the time the legislature, the Vikings, and the facilities commission get their collective acts together, the price tag will be pushing $1 billion dollars. They really shouldn't have any problem coming up with the money when that happens, right?
Who would have thought that the Gophers stadium would have been the first deal to get done? They somehow managed to overcome traffic complaints, a site with toxic waste issues, and the university bureaucracy, but the Twins and the Vikings can’t even decide where to build these things or who is going to pay for them?
Did Met Stadium go through this long, drawn out process?
The Vikings were close to an agreement that would have resulted in the announcement of a new stadium plan, but now everything is on hold until the groups involved can answer a few questions.
Well, until they can answer one question:
According to Bill Lester, executive director of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, plans for the new stadium can’t even be publicly discussed “until we come up with some way to pay for all this.”
Really? You are still talking about that? Not about construction timelines, stadium design, or naming rights – you are still talking about who pays for what?
So, the Twins stadium hinges on land that really isn’t for sale at market prices and the Vikings are again talking about their new stadium before they have financial arrangements worked out. What is this 1995?
The current Vikings plan is to demolish the Metrodome and build a new stadium on that site at a current cost of about $900 million dollars. Which means by the time the legislature, the Vikings, and the facilities commission get their collective acts together, the price tag will be pushing $1 billion dollars. They really shouldn't have any problem coming up with the money when that happens, right?
Who would have thought that the Gophers stadium would have been the first deal to get done? They somehow managed to overcome traffic complaints, a site with toxic waste issues, and the university bureaucracy, but the Twins and the Vikings can’t even decide where to build these things or who is going to pay for them?
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I never would have thought that you would use a Smiths' song title on your blog.....
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