March 22, 2011
Wilf: Lockout-schmockout, Vikings are still getting a stadium
Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has a long history of expressing confidence that a stadium bill will soon be passed, even as year after year, none have come close to making it through the state legislature. Still, this is pretty impressive, even for Zyg:
Q. Could the timing [of the NFL lockout] impact the drive to get a new stadium and getting NFL money or however that would work?
A. "I don't feel so. We're working very hard with everybody in Minnesota on the hill to get the stadium thing worked through. We realize that it's an important asset to the community and that it's to everyone's interest to making sure that we get a stadium that would serve just not football but for all the other events that Metrodome served proudly for the last 30 years. We're working hard to get that done and I'm optimistic that it will get done."
Note that even before the lockout, there was effectively no movement in the legislature on a stadium bill, and that's not going to be helped now that the only football news is about the owners' and players' lawyers sniping at each other. But I guess when you're a sports team owner, stadium-grubbing stops for nothing, except maybe the occasional bridge collapse.
"I'm Yawning-I'm Yawning"..........zzzzzzzzzzz!!!
Mr Wolf............
We don't want your embarassing franchise in our state,
Los Angeles is calling!!!!
Los Angeles Vikings 2012!!!
Posted by Minnesota Resident on March 22, 2011 03:55 PM