Sen. Julianne Ortman, R-Chanhassen, who chairs the Senate Taxes Committee, says she will hold two public hearings on the Vikings stadium issue. Both will be after Thanksgiving, scheduled for Nov. 29 and Dec. 6.
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A Senate joint committee today is holding another hearing on a possible new home for the Minnesota Vikings. Leaders are discussing possible ways to pay for a facility.
MPR reports Republican Rep. Joe Hoppe indicated behind-the-scenes negotiations are making progress. Hoppe chairs the House Commerce Committee. The stadium bill stalled in a Senate hearing in early March. Meanwhile, Minneapolis City Council members who oppose the stadium bill plan to hold public hearings on the proposal.
The state Senate on Tuesday launched the first in a series of hearings on a possible new home for the Minnesota Vikings.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced the $975 million stadium proposal without recommendation Monday night. A Senate committee is expected to hear a similar bill Tuesday. It could come up for a vote on the floor in both chambers by Friday.
The stadium legislation was released Friday afternoon following the agreement Gov. Mark Dayton, Minneapolis leaders and Vikings owners announced March 1. It proposes constructing a 65,000 seat roofed-stadium near the current Metrodome site for $975 million. $398 million would come from the state, funded by electronic pulltabs. Minneapolis would cover $150 million of the cost and the Vikings would pay the remaining $427 million.
The 15-member House Government Operations and Elections Committee has scheduled a hearing for the $975 million stadium proposal Monday evening. The Vikings bill has already cleared the House Commerce and Regulatory Reform Committee and the House Rules Committee. It has yet to be okayed in any Senate committees.
Governor Mark Dayton met with GOP lawmakers Friday trying to finalize a Vikings' stadium plan. They couldn't agree on one of the three Minneapolis sites or the site in Arden Hills. Dayton plans on scheduling more talks next week in hopes of wrapping up a deal by Thanksgiving.
