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October 05, 2009
Pawlenty: Now let's talk Vikings stadium!
And there goes the other shoe: One day after Minnesota Vikings VP Lester Bagley hinted ownership would move the team if it didn't get a new stadium, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty declared that the Metrodome's "time is fading," and "we've got to figure out a way to keep the Vikings here." Pawlenty, a rumored 2012 presidential candidate, hedged on whether or how much public money he'd devote to the cause, but it certainly sounds like the looming NFL stadium in Los Angeles has gotten the Vikings' demands moved off the back burner.
