Posted on 03/04/2010 9:05:47 AM PST by MplsSteve
The Vikings' uphill battle to get a new stadium paid for by Minnesota's taxpayers isn't getting any less steep.
A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans say state funding shouldn't finance a new stadium for the team.
According to a SurveyUSA poll commissioned by KSTP TV, 64 percent of respondents said the state should not help finance a new stadium, which team officials insist they need. Thirty-one percent supported a subsidy.
The Vikings, who have said they won't renew their lease at the Metrodome after their lease expires next year, have deployed a gaggle of lobbyists at the Legislature to push their case for a new stadium.
It has a price tag of an estimated $870 million at a time when the state is facing multi-billion-dollar deficits.
DFL legislative leaders have said that in such an economic climate, there's little appetite for a stadium subsidy. And while Gov. Tim Pawlenty isn't actively pushing a stadium funding plan, he has suggested that state lottery proceeds could be a revenue source.
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You are the aggressive one. You seem to think you can’t get your jollies without me. I just want to be left alone.
Minn said...
“Stadium fights end when the stadium is built because the numbers involved are quite small in the scheme of things. No state ever went broke building a stadium.”
Spoken like a true liberal.
At first, Minn’s pro-stadium stance was based almost purely on emotion.
Now, it’s based on “Hey, it’s only money!”
You nailed it, his whole argument is based on emotion. And it’s fundamentally immature.
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