For those of you that are constantly watching the news, twitter and facebook for updates on the battle for a new Minnesota Vikings Stadium, you don't have too much longer to wait. The bill in the Minnesota legislature has suddenly gained new life and become the hot topic (yet again) across all of the news stations. The problem with the whole bill is two fold:
1. The financing is super complicated.
2. If Minneapolis is getting something special, it's sister city St. Paul wants something special. Almost like the State Legislator is playing parent to it's two child cities. A weird analogy, but true.
Personally, I support the money for the stadium coming from the gambling profits. It's simple, it makes sense, and it's paid for by people that are choosing to spend their money that way. Another option is to create an additional tax on the people that use the most: season ticket holders, single game buyers, concession items, etc. I support this as well, but I do think that if they're going to impose an extra use tax on these people, that same usage tax needs to apply to the unofficial jersey and memorabilia sellers as well. Don't forget, these guys will profit just as much as the other guys if a new stadium goes through.
It's going to be an interesting race to the finish. With the legislature almost calling it quits for the year, they sure did wait until the last minute to deal with this bill. And if they don't pass it, I think we can all agree that we'll be saying Bye Bye Vikings in the very near future.
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