Disregard rumors the Metrodome is just a big money pit, says the head of the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission. Ted Mondale says the Vikings are about "break-even."
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The Vikings believe their lease on the Metrodome expires at the end of the season. The Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission says last December's roof collapse that caused the Vikings to play a home game in Detroit, legally extends the lease through 2012.
The newly created five-member Minnesota Sports Facility Authority, which will work with the Minnesota Vikings to oversee construction of a $975 million downtown Minneapolis football stadium, named Ted Mondale as its executive director. Mondale, who advocated on behalf of the Dayton administration for the stadium, will earn an annual salary of $157,181.
The Star Tribune reports Vikings vice president Lester Bagley and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission chairman Ted Mondale are looking at a site southeast of the Metrodome. Bagley told the newspaper "it would be ideal to build a stadium next door and play in the Dome." If the team plays at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank stadium, it could cost an estimated $48 million for up to three seasons.
White Earth says it would split revenue 50-50 with the state and calls the plan "the only solution that is fair to all Minnesotans." Meanwhile, sports facilities chief Ted Mondale says a new plan to build a stadium behind the Dome in downtown Minneapolis could come within days.
Five architectural and engineering firms vying to design the Minnesota Vikings new $1 billion home will present their plans during an open house Thursday night in downtown Minneapolis. WCCO reports fans are welcome to attend and ask questions. The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority is expected to make a final decision on the architect next week.
It's been a year since the Metrodome roof collapsed, providing a fitting metaphor for an on-the-field disaster. A year later, at least the roof is still holding up.
Ex-Vikings general manager Mike Lynn's sweet deal with the team is finally going to come to an end with the team's move to its new stadium. The St. Paul Pioneer Press says Lynn negotiated a controversial contract with the Vikings that granted him 10 percent of luxury suite revenue for every event at the Metrodome starting in 1982 -- and he's still being compensated for the deal today.
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