[mikemc282002]

It's for the chill-ren.

[xrp]

I'm in Minneapolis every other week for work. Looks like I won't be buying anything in Hennepin county anymore since they're gonna raise taxes.

[WorkingClassFilth]

That would be the...ahem...REPUBLICAN controlled House, by the way. In Minnesota, even our Republicans are pansey pink social spenders.

[Prokopton]

Have the Hennepin County taxpayers voted on this?

[Rembrandt]

Playing baseball outdoors in April, May or October in Minnie a no place is insane. Only a lunatic Dim would have proposed this plan in the first place and only a group of lunatic Dims would approve it.

[Petronski]

The current facility is a crying shame. Worst in the bigs.

[KoRn]

Pretty much amounts to welfare. I don't live there so I don't care. None of my business lol.

[buckeyesrule]

I hope it's an outdoor stadium They never should have left Metropolitan Stadium. LOL!

[Gideon7]

This has been in the works for years. The Twins lease at the DumptyDome runs out at the end of the season.

[sergeantdave]

"We're overwhelmed by it," Jerry Bell, president of Twins Sports, Inc., said of the vote.

Another useless socialist peckerhead pretending he's a capitalist. Hey, Jerry, you want a new stadium, go get a job and buy it.

[DakotaGator]

They expect the building to generate $40 million a year for the franchise.

If this is such a great deal then the Twins can take out a loan to build the stadium and then pay it off with the revenues generated.

Bottom line, it's a waste of taxpayers' money.

[Valin]

"We're overwhelmed by it," Jerry Bell, president of Twins Sports, Inc.,


So am I Oh boy I get to give my money to one of the richest people in the country so he can build a stadium...be still my beating heart.

"Nobody's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session."

[Wurlitzer]

No taxpayer funding for ANY sports facility! Let the free market forces work. If the owner or team builds the stadium then lets see how many million dollar offers are made to the players. The only reason these steroid filled ego centric clowns can get these huge salaries is that the tax payers are footing the bill for the stadiums no matter if they never attend a single game.

If a team can build a stadium, fill the stands at $X/seat, get $Y in TV revenue and still pay the players $XX,XXX,XXX then wonderful for everyone involved.

I on the other hand do not like paying for a stadium that I will not attend so that players can get more money then I will ever earn, use drugs, swear on TV, be excused for all sorts of crimes, on and on and on.

[kidd]

I worked as an usher for the Twins when they played at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. I saw hundreds of games there.

The stadium was bare-bones, but the seats were cheap, comfortable and unobstructed.

Parking was cheap and plentiful - and tailgating was part of the experience.

While its good that they're going back to an open air stadium, the enjoyment of the fans will not increase one iota - in fact they can expect to pay even more to see a 0.400 team. And I really doubt that parking will be cheap and plentiful in Minneapolis

Why don't the legislators go one step further and give the Twins some money to buy some established talent at taxpayers expense, rather than relying on rookies and the farm teams and hope they get lucky - that would do more to improve fan enjoyment than a new stadium...and its just as ridiculous as giving the owner a new stadium.