Buried in the state's preliminary agreement to use public subsidies to build the Minnesota Vikings a new stadium is this: Once the team gets a new stadium, the Vikings want permission to play at least one home game a year “off site.†Over a 10-year period, the team wants the ability to play up to four regular season home games and two exhibition home games off site. National Football League spokesman Brian McCarthy said the language is all about the league’s ongoing attempt to expand the NFL to Europe and other countries. McCarthy said the provision is meant to boost the league’s “international seriesâ€, which in recent years has been scheduling one game annually in London. The language, said McCarthy, is necessary “in the event the team plays in a game as part of our International Series.†Source: Star-Tribune
How about every other year, greedy hecks? The people of Minnesota will be paying off the 400 million cost until 2045!
