Back To The Woodshed

Vikings Stadium off the table for another year?

Andy at Residual Forces thinks so:

It is unconfirmed so far, and shaky at best, but the stadium plea by Wilf and the Vikes is being shelved. Wilf never intended to just own an NFL team like his predecessor, and is taking the recent behavior and performance (or lack there of) of his team to heart and he is focussed on building a professional sports team that Minnesota can be proud of before he builds a stadium...rumor has it that Wilf will be pulling his pitch until 2007 or later...Not that this is a silver lining in any way, but there does seem to be one less pro sports team owner with their hand out right now. We may have even gained a guy who wants a good team rather than any team. He has even called local officials to personally apologize for his team’s behavior, and promised that this is not the Vikings he is content to own.

Of course, Wilf could have a stadium next year if he wanted one. Cash and carry, of course.

That'd involve doing it without the taxpayers, of course.

Posted by Mitch at October 18, 2005 05:17 AM | TrackBack