Viking Stadium Update: The city has the infrastructure and the transit. The only thing it needs is you know what.
Monday, February 28, 2011 at 1:00AMBad news for the Mill District and Downtown East neighborhoods - City Council Member Lisa Goodman does not sound very interested in keeping the Vikings downtown, saying in the Star Trib article:
"Professional sports are good for cities," she said. "There's the unquantifiable pat-on-the-back we all feel, knowing we're a four-sport town. But I'd rather have that for the best higher education, or the most children graduating from high school, or having more people housed. You can quantify that."
But at least she will only support a Vikings Stadium near the current Metrodome site, according to the article.
From the Star Tribune:
Minneapolis has the infrastructure, the transit links, the demonstrable success of Target Field, and encompasses most of the sites the Vikings are known to be considering for a new stadium.
But the city's quest to have that stadium built on its turf still appears to lack what it most needs -- money.
Reader Comments (1)
I had an email thread going with Ms Lisa Goodman - She doesn't understand the importance of a new stadium for downtown Minneapolis and the vitality it brings for various businesses as well entertainment for our corporations downtown Minneapolis. She told me it belongs pretty much in Arden Hills if anywhere. Please write/ call her if you would like to see the stadium stay Downtown MPLS. She is also the bright responsible one who now has double lane traffic going down 1st Ave and Hennepin. Forget that area at 5p-7p Mon - Fri!!!