Brandon Inge hit an RBI triple off the center
field wall in the ninth inning to lift the Detroit Tigers to their
fifth win in a row, 9-7 over the slumping Minnesota Twins on
Wednesday.
The Minneapolis City Council is still expected to consider a Vikings stadium proposal, even though the team announced their support Tuesday for a Ramsey County site for a new stadium.
The city of Minneapolis has a measure on the books that requires residents to vote on a referendum if the city wants to spend more than $10 million on a professional sports facility. Now that a new Vikings stadium proposal is on the table, it appears the referendum requirement has no teeth.
Ramsey County officials say they have reached an agreement with the Minnesota Vikings to be the team's partner on a proposed retractable-roof stadium in Arden Hills.
Minneapolis city officials announced a Vikings stadium proposal for downtown Minneapolis and Ramsey County is working toward a site in Arden Hills. How do the proposals compare, and what is the likelihood that the Governor and Legislature will approve a stadium plan?
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If you're a fan, you might like the $195 million in taxpayer money to help build a new stadium. If you're not (or not a fan of owners of pro sports teams), the price tag is too much.
The plan calls for a major reshuffling of the city's public facilities at a cost of $900 million, to be paid for with millions of dollars in sales taxes and fees, and a super-sized contribution from the team.
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