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Vikings Warm to $985M Metrodome Redo

MINNEAPOLIS-The team wants to build a $1.1 billion stadium at a former munitions site in Arden Hills, but the governor says the state can’t help with funding this year unless the Metrodome site is chosen.

By Robert Carr | Updated on January 25, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS-Following hours of discussion with government officials Wednesday, the owner of the Minnesota Vikings seemed to warm to the idea of building a $918 million new football stadium on the site of their current facility, as opposed to two other preferred proposals.  

The team has been working for a few years to build a new stadium, claiming that it loses money every year from hosting games at the 30-year-old Metrodome. Vikings principal owner Zygi Wilf has said he’s committed to keeping the team in Minnesota, but said he would rather build on another property – in part to keep from having to play at a temporary location for three years while the Metrodome is redeveloped.

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