Ramsey County officials say they have a deal with the federal government to buy the 430-acre parcel in Arden Hills where the Minnesota Vikings want to build a new stadium.
The top Minnesota House Republican, Kurt Zellers, says he doesn't want the Legislature to meet in emergency session this year to vote on a Vikings stadium package.
Governor Mark Dayton and legislative leaders say the Minnesota Vikings and their supporters should find a way to pay for a new stadium that doesn't include local or state tax increases. That leaves a large hole in the current proposal for a $1.1 billion stadium in suburban Ramsey County.
A group of Republican and Democratic Minnesota legislators say they'll band together to fight any effort to expand gambling to help pay for a new Vikings football stadium.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is going airborne to get a better feel for a proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium site. Dayton planned to fly Thursday over a sprawling former Army ammunition plant in suburban Arden Hills where the Vikings want to build a new stadium.
A construction firm involved in planning a proposed Minnesota Vikings stadium is refuting a report that it couldn't be built by the 2015 football season.
City officials in Minneapolis say a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings could be built more cheaply there than in the eastern suburbs.
Mayor R.T. Rybak emerged from a private meeting with Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday to say he thinks the most realistic way to pay for a new stadium is with a citywide sales tax increase.
One of the Legislature's most liberal Democrats and one of its most conservative Republicans are joining the Minnesota Vikings stadium fray with what they are calling an "alternative stadium plan."