Vikings Stadium

One of the popular topics in Minnesota news right now is the building of a new Vikings stadium. Governor Mark Dayton recently signed off on the deal and football fans are pumped for the prospect of a new stadium. One detail that has been over looked however is who's getting stuck with the bill. And that would be us-the taxpayers. The Huffington Post said in an article over the matter on May 22 that "most fans are hurt by such deals because they lead to increased taxes and higher prices." If we start throwing out numbers the stadium costs roughly 975 million dollars. About 150 million dollars of this comes from Minneapolis through new city sales taxes. Is it worth it? It will be up to the city of Minneapolis to decide if the cost of their taxes underweighs the benefit of this great new stadium.