The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority warned Friday that the new Minnesota Vikings stadium could be delayed after the Vikings broke off talks while the club owners' finances are investigated., John Vomhof Jr.of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reports. The due diligence investigation - launched last week after the Wilf family lost a major lawsuit - and the necessary use and development agreements between the team and authority need to be completed by Sept. 15 to hit a Nov. 7 start date, the MSFA said. Vikings officials have put off discussions with the authority until the investigation is done. Postponing negotiations until Sept. 15 could cause other project delays. "If we're not able to start work by the end of November, then we're really risking being able to complete the project by the start of the 2016 season," said the authority owner's representative, Scott Stenman of Hammes Co., picked to work on the project on behalf of the public. Source: The Redzone
This is going to suck for the Vikings if the new stadium is delayed. They need to get out of the Metrodome ASAP. Then again, sounds like you can blame the Wilf family on this one.
No it wouldn't. If like to see the rams go back "home" and maybe see the Jags goto St. Louis and start over...
Maybe Brett Favre will come out of retirement again and resurrect interest in keeping the Vikes in Minnesota because the LA Vikings does sound good. Hell, Brett could have in his contract that if a stadium is built in Minneapolis it is to be called Favre Field. Now that's a thread derail.
if the vikings moved to la,would the league put the rams in the nfc north if they stay in st louis? i do think within a few years,la will get a team,whether it is a team that moves or an expansion team,who knows?
are the vikings playing in the met this season? i thought they were playing at the university of minnesota this year and next year!?
Id thought that the Vikings' new area was a done deal. I guess not. Id hate to see them leave the NFC North but if they do more to L.A., I cold see the Rams being a good replacement.
I believe the Metrodome it is for 2013 last I heard. Than the next two seasons are supposed to be to the University of Minnesota. With this current topic, who knows now.
