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Vikings stadium roundup: Dayton challenger?, air conditioning worries, Vikings vs. Packers

Vikings stadium roundup: Dayton challenger?, air conditioning worries, Vikings vs. Packers

The dust from the stadium unveiling is still settling in Minneapolis. Here’s a roundup of what’s been going on: Capitol watchers eye gubernatorial bid by stadium bill author The political cognoscenti that sat down with Kerri Miller for her Friday Roundtable on the Daily Circuit say they think Fairmont GOP senator Julie Rosen might be a…
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Xcel Energy Center also now eyeing big upgrades, potential expansion

Xcel Energy Center also now eyeing big upgrades, potential expansion

Call it keeping up with the Petersons. As in Adrian. Or the Mauers, as in Joe. Or the Gophers, as in… Well, okay, maybe not them. But St. Paul has renewed hope for a facelift for the 13-year-old Xcel Energy Center, thanks to legislation this spring that will forgive more than $28 million of outstanding…
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Stadium planners host environmental open house tonight at Metrodome

Stadium planners host environmental open house tonight at Metrodome

Fans, neighbors and others can get an up-close look at the impact the new “multi-purpose” stadium will have on the east end of downtown Minneapolis tonight. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is hosting an open house to talk about its draft Environmental Impact Statement, a 389-page summary of the legal, environmental and historical situation that…
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Pressure off charities with new Vikings stadium funding

Pressure off charities with new Vikings stadium funding

Legislators in the Minnesota House passed their big tax bill early this morning, and it’s soon to be a whole new day for Vikings stadium funding. The measure includes the provisions that back up the gambling revenue with new cigarette and corporate income taxes. When it gets passed, as expected, by the Senate, electronic gambling won’t…
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Birders worry about glassy new Vikings stadium design

Birders worry about glassy new Vikings stadium design

Football fans were reveling over the design of the new Vikings stadium this week, but bird watchers remain skeptical. Glass, they say, kills birds. And it looks like there’s a LOT of glass on that new stadium. The issue actually came up back in November, in a review of the stadium project’s proposed environmental impact…
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Dayton administration unveils ‘secret’ stadium finance plan

Dayton administration unveils ‘secret’ stadium finance plan

So long electronic gambling taxes, hello cigarette taxes and additional corporate income taxes. That’s Governor Mark Dayton’s plan to close the revenue gap in the Vikings stadium financing plan. The tax earmarks were laid out  today  by revenue commissioner Myron Frans in a House-Senate Tax Conference Committee, to be included in this session’s omnibus tax…
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Dayton’s “secret plan” on Vikings funding taking shape at Capitol

Dayton’s “secret plan” on Vikings funding taking shape at Capitol

The plan to boost Vikings stadium-bound revenue likely won’t include a sports memorabilia tax.  That proposal appears dead. Supporter of the memorabilia proposal House Taxes chair Ann Lenczewski announced at a conference committee meeting that she’d opted to back the governor’s so-called “secret” plan to make up for the shortfall in gambling tax revenues. Electronic…
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Vikings stadium backup funding hits new snag

Vikings stadium backup funding hits new snag

A proposal to tax sports memorabilia to help backfill disappointing Vikings stadium revenues has come up against another state institution:  Target. Senate tax chair Rod Skoe, DFL-Clearbrook, says lawmakers are rethinking the 10 to 13 percent tax on jerseys, bats, balls, gloves, shoes, trading cards and all manner of other sports-themed products, even children’s onezies…
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