looks like the game will become to the north mwetro area near you, with a reported hand shake and press confrence at 3 pm today. the Vikes are moving to Ardens Hills and teh armory area.
I was surprised to hear this. but for the last 8 to 10 months driving to and from work there has been a hundreds tiem more action there then in all the previous years of driving by there. this could get interesting.
thought?
“Figures don’t lie………..if liars don’t figure.”
Translation, the public will pay & pay some more. 
8 minutes to respond Brian? I figured you would be on the ball better then that. or did you have to edit and make sure your post was not Nuked. 
. yeah I am anoka County but work in Ramsey so guess the raise from work is going here.
I love that idea! Huge chuck of land just doing nothing anyway. Get some open space so a guy can do some REAL tailgaiting! Hope it becomes reality!!! 
yaeh and help the north metro people that usually drove all the wayto the cities to work events. a little closer is noce. 
Follow the $$$.
The Wylf’s will do what they know how to do. They will load that area with shops, bars and anything else they can cram in there!
MPLS wouldn’t let them. 
Did someone say tailgating???
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I love that idea! Huge chuck of land just doing nothing anyway. Get some open space so a guy can do some REAL tailgaiting! Hope it becomes reality!!!
BINGO!!
They will suck no matter where they are.
I guess this means no more archery deer hunt at the armory. 
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I guess this means no more archery deer hunt at the armory.
Wow..padding your fish bucks or pi$$ed in your cereal this morning?
I hope all works out for a LARGE Tail gate lot for sure…bring back real football outdoors.
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They will suck no matter where they are.
cmon really
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They will suck no matter where they are.
Whiskygirl,, Get off of this post. We’re not talking to you.
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I love that idea! Huge chuck of land just doing nothing anyway. Get some open space so a guy can do some REAL tailgaiting! Hope it becomes reality!!!
BINGO!!
Im guessing you guys wont get to watch the sunrise over the new stadium will you? First I got a sound wall, then lighted billboard, then some stupid blower that runs all night i can not even have windows open. and now a beautiful sunrise! Or maybe it will just fit between medtronic and the stadium!
If its going to get through the legislative I’m just glad it is not going back to Minneapolis . Maybe we will get a few years of getting in and out of the stadium area, like the Met was, with out getting lost or going down a one way street. 
$1 billion and with a retractable roof to boot and no $25 extra charge for parking,??.
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BINGO!!
They’ll have bingo, too??!! Definitely in…
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Follow the $$$.
The Wylf’s will do what they know how to do. They will load that area with shops, bars and anything else they can cram in there!
MPLS wouldn’t let them.Did someone say tailgating???
Leave me out of this. I don’t have that kind of power.
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If its going to get through the legislative I’m just glad it is not going back to Minneapolis
I don’t think the MPLS representatives will go down without a fight over this.
And the Parking Fees? They won’t be going away!
Didn’t we tell the Vikes to move away? If not, we should. Some of the worst welfare recipients in MN. Not like the Twins are much better.
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ARDEN HILLS, Minn. (AP) — The owners of the Minnesota Vikings said Tuesday the team’s future is in the suburbs, announcing a deal with Ramsey County to collaborate on a $1.1 billion retractable-roof football stadium about 10 miles north of their current home at the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis.
The deal between the Vikings and Ramsey County, announced to great fanfare at a news conference near the site, appeared to end the debate over the location of the team’s long-sought stadium — at least from the Vikings’ perspective. But the team and its supporters still face a tough fight for approval in the dwindling days of Minnesota’s legislative session.
The Vikings and Ramsey County proposed a stadium at the site of a former Army ammunition plant in the suburban city of Arden Hills. They said they want to build an $884 million stadium, with an additional $173 million for onsite infrastructure, parking and environmental cleanup, for a stadium that would open in spring 2015.
The Vikings would pay $407 million of construction costs, or 39 percent, while Ramsey County would pay $350 million, which is 33 percent. But the necessary third leg of the funding, a proposed $300 million from the state of Minnesota plus an additional $100 million in transportation improvements to the area, was in question after a key state lawmaker called that total tab a “non-starter.”
Sen. Julie Rosen, the chief Senate sponsor of the bill, said there was no way she could get colleagues in the Legislature to support a state commitment higher than $300 million. She also pointed out state estimates released earlier Tuesday pegged the transportation upgrades to cost at least $175 million.
“There are a lot of issues that need to be worked out with the Ramsey County site,” said Rosen, a Republican from Fairmont. A proposal released a day earlier by Minneapolis city leaders to keep the team downtown is “still definitely on the table,” she said.
Still, the tone was triumphant as Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf, Ramsey County and Arden Hills officials and Vikings greats, including former coach Bud Grant and retired player Jim Marshall, rolled out the new proposal.
“We’re going to create a Vikings destination in Arden Hills,” Zygi Wilf said, saying the size of the 2,400-acre site offers plenty of room for tailgating — a longtime fan complaint about the confined Metrodome site — as well as a Vikings museum. He called the envisioned stadium “a daylong experience for Vikings fans, their families and friends.”
“It’s almost like fate has saved this spot for the Vikings,” said Grant, who led the team to four Super Bowls in the 1960s and ’70s. “We’re going to take advantage of this, and bring on Green Bay.”
The added acreage in Arden Hills also offers the Wilfs, who made their fortune in real estate development, the chance to eventually add restaurants, hotels and other amenities.
The proposal would give local leaders the chance to spiff up what Commissioner Rafael Ortega said is currently the largest Superfund site in the nation.
“For Ramsey County, this chance is once in a lifetime,” Ortega said. His colleague, Commissioner Tony Bennett, touted what he said would be 7,500 construction jobs during the three-year construction period. The county share would come from a half-cent Ramsey County sales tax increase, and Bennett said he’d already lined up the necessary votes on the county board.
The county commissioners said it was fair for the state to also pay for the nearby road improvements. But state Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel said earlier in the day that his agency doesn’t consider fixing those roads a priority for at least the next few years.
The Vikings have been pressing for a new stadium for years, but the team’s push took on new urgency after the Metrodome roof collapsed under the weight of a December snowstorm and as the team plays out the final season on its lease. It is one of four NFL franchises thought to be possibilities to relocate to the vacant Los Angeles market.
The stadium discussion had been largely put off at the Capitol as legislators struggle to resolve a $5 billion state deficit. It picked up speed last week, with Dayton saying he had met privately with the Wilfs and that he was ready to sign a stadium bill.
Rosen’s bill calls for the state to raise its share with a 10 percent state sales tax on sports memorabilia, a sales tax on luxury seats at the new stadium and on digital video recorders, and proceeds from stadium naming rights and a football-themed state lottery game.
“The vast majority of Ramsey County legislators don’t support it,” said Rep. Mindy Greiling, DFL-Roseville. “They’re smoking up the wrong pipe. The public is not for this if you poll them, and if they are they want it to be as cheap as possible.”
Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dave Thompson, a Republican from Lakeville, said a stadium that relies on new taxes “in no way” helps average households with their finances.
Dayton has said he would be willing to support either site, but like Rosen he said Tuesday he wouldn’t support the state share exceeding $300 million.
Bring on the construction work and other jobs associated with this to our area. Welcome to the Vikings to. 
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8 minutes to respond Brian? I figured you would be on the ball better then that. or did you have to edit and make sure your post was not Nuked.
Ya, I would have been faster except I had a thread on this Monday.
I’m never afraid of getting a post nuked. If it happens, it happens.
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If its going to get through the legislative I’m just glad it is not going back to Minneapolis . Maybe we will get a few years of getting in and out of the stadium area, like the Met was, with out getting lost or going down a one way street.
$1 billion and with a retractable roof to boot and no $25 extra charge for parking,??.
Don’t get to excited about not having $25 parking. KSTP reported yesterday that Ziggy will control the parking in Arden Hills. Expected prices will run from $75 per car to as little as $30 per car depending on how close to the stadium you are. They estimated $800,000 in parking revenue per game or $8 million per year. Yes……..preseason games will pay the same rate. 
I’m in the “if they build it I hope its downtown crowd”. The restaurants, parking, light rail, everything is set up so well for downtown. heck, I parked at a ramp on Marquette for the twins game last night, $5.
This is so far from a done deal that I’m not sure why the Vikings are even excited about it. There’s no way they are getting $475 million out of the state right now.
Dreamin………. 
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Dreamin……….
Lord I hope so!
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I’m in the “if they build it I hope its downtown crowd”. The restaurants, parking, light rail, everything is set up so well for downtown. heck, I parked at a ramp on Marquette for the twins game last night, $5.
But I bet you’d prefer it was built in Prior Lake. ::)
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This is so far from a done deal that I’m not sure why the Vikings are even excited about it. There’s no way they are getting $475 million out of the state right now.
Dreamin……….
The representatives I e-mailed assure me the vikings are dreaming.
Man, the Pack can go 0-16 and they’ll still be able to say, “At least we have a football team”. I don’t want to leave that legacy to my children.
For those Reps that assured you, they’ll get bounced from office the first election after the start of the first LA Vikings season. But as long as they got their kick backs from the Tribes not to pursue gambling and revisiting walleye netting.
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Man, the Pack can go 0-16 and they’ll still be able to say, “At least we have a football team”. I don’t want to leave that legacy to my children.
For those Reps that assured you, they’ll get bounced from office the first election after the start of the first LA Vikings season. But as long as they got their kick backs from the Tribes not to pursue gambling and revisiting walleye netting.
To bad I can’t get them to assure me they’ll vote against the tribes.
Maybe the tribes should pay for the Vikes stadium. I’m sure they have 450 million.
The Star Trib poll says 60% are still against public financing for the stadium. I emailed my reps to let them know that they will not get my vote if they vote for any stadium financing deal.
As a side note, is Thorne Bros in Anoka or Ramsey County? Just wondering so I know if I will need to send my business to Musky Tackle Online. I don’t see any reason to pay more sales tax when I can the goods elsewhere.
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As a side note, is Thorne Bros in Anoka or Ramsey County? Just wondering so I know if I will need to send my business to Musky Tackle Online. I don’t see any reason to pay more sales tax when I can the goods elsewhere.
So you think taking this out on Thorne Bros is the route to go? I am sure that the extra .50 on a $100 bill is not going to break the bank for you. I believe their customer service and knowledge are worth the two quarters, but that is just me. 
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