Yeah, the Vikes should get a new stadium too. Ziggi Wilf is going one better, though. He's going to invest $1 billion worth of businesses surrounding the Viking Stadium. Now why he can't take that $1 billion and invest it in a new stadium is beyond me.
It's a dangerous game they play: one team gets public funding, the next demands the same thing (Sonics now onscreen). In the case of Football Seattle, the City was never involved, and the Seahawks (Paul W. Allen) put up a legitimate share of upfront cash, due, primarily, to the fact that the facility only hosts ten dates a year, while Washington and Seattle can clean up on 81 M's dates.
It seems to have all worked out, though, admittedly, a little voice inside me screams "corporate welfare". Culture is culture, I suppose. I'd rather rejuvenate neighborhoods and have accountable public employees (to a point) than continue to dump money into ratholes like "public education". Good luck with the Twins and Vikes. I've always liked both teams, and the Twin Cities are probably similar to Seattle. If nothing else, politically.