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Fans of the Minnesota Vikings rally this afternoon at the state Capitol to drum up political support for a new, publicly funded professional football stadium.  

The group calls itself "Save the Vikes," because its organizers are convinced the Vikings will leave Minnesota if they don't get a new stadium. 

To get a sense of whether that's likely to happen, and whether the Vikings are likely to get public money for a new stadium, Cathy Wurzer talked to sports industry consultant Phil Schaaf, a Minnesota native. 

Schaaf is the author of "Sports Incorporated, 100 Years of Sports Business." He joined us by phone from his home in San Francisco.

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Fans of the Minnesota Vikings rally this afternoon at the state Capitol to drum up political support for a new, publicly funded professional football stadium because its organizers are convinced the Vikings will leave Minnesota if they don't get a new stadium.

Fans of the Minnesota Vikings rally this afternoon at the state Capitol to drum up political support for a new, publicly funded professional football stadium.  The group calls itself "Save the Vikes," because its organizers are convinced the Vikings will leave Minnesota if they don't get a new stadium...  To get a sense of whether that's likely to happen... And whether the Vikings are likely to get public money for a new stadium.... we've called up sports industry consultant Phil Schaaf. Schaaf is the author of "Sports Incorporated, 100 Years of Sports Business." He's a Minnesota native, but he joins me by phone this morning from his home in San Francisco.

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