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DFLers, GOPers and independents agree: No tax money for new Vikings stadium

By Andy Birkey | 12.10.10 | 7:41 am

A new poll released Thursday by Public Policy Polling suggests that Vikings owner Ziggy Wilf would have a tough time getting public money for a new stadium. A majority of Minnesotans oppose a taxpayer-funded stadium for the team. Opponents of such funding come from across the political spectrum with a majority of DFLers, moderates and Republicans saying they disapprove of such a plan. When asked whether they’d support a stadium paid for with public gambling revenues, however, a plurality said that would be acceptable.

The 1948 Mall of America Hubert H. Humphrey Address on Naming Rights

By Chris Steller | 10.13.09 | 7:53 pm

We crossed a line in the turf this month when the publicly owned place where the Minnesota Vikings (alone, now) play football was renamed “Mall of America Field at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.” Let the re-branding of one of…

AM.MN: Dome it all

By Chris Steller | 10.12.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoTo paraphrase Billy Martin, who said it was a shame to name Hubert H. Humphrey after the Metrodome, it stinks that Christopher Columbus came to America on a snowy October day like this. A dome would be really…

AM.MN: Twins owner to have Biden over

By Chris Steller | 10.07.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoCan the Twins beat the New York Yankees? We’ll know the answer by the time Vice President Biden arrives for an Oct. 15 Democratic Party fundraiser at the Edina home of a member of the…

Sell alcohol at TCF Bank Stadium? Drunken public sex at Metrodome during Gopher game sheds new light on debate

By Chris Steller | 11.27.08 | 1:52 pm

When the University of Minnesota Board of Regents meets Dec. 12 to decide whether to allow wine and beer sales at TCF Bank Stadium, they’ll have a piece of news to consider: the alcohol-enabled public sex act in a…