Thread: House committe votes in favor of Vikings stadium bill

House committe votes Vikings stadium bill

Paul Levy, Star Tribune
The Minnesota Vikings gained a victory today when the House Governmental Operations and Veterans Affairs Committee voted 13-9 in favor of a bill for a $675 million Vikings stadium in Anoka county.

The committee also voted 10-9 against a referendum for funding the stadium. Zygi Wilf, Vikings owner, said, “The committee took all the information and voted in the best interests of the public. I’m proud of their leadership.”

http://www.startribune.com/510/story/409331.html

Hot-Damn! Thats one step in the right direction!

This looks like it could finally be a step in the right direction for the Purple and Gold

I like having Zygi around, he is a great business man. He will get this done for sure.

Finally some good news!

YESS THIS IS GREAT NEWS

This is very good news finally

Wow.. Tight votes, the both of them. The most important one is the vote NOT to have a referendum, seeing as an abstained vote counts as a NO, I think.

Can someone confirm if I'm right or totally wrong on that?

[size=24px]GET'ER DONE AT ALL COSTS !!!![/size]

This is from the house and they also passed the Twins stadium before the Senate changed it in committee, the Senate wants to have both bills together with the 1/2 cent sales tax for funding and with a referendum.