Minnesota can't afford a new stadium
The Vikings want a new stadium. Now that the Twins have a new stadium, the football team wants a new one even more than they did before. And, I hear the team would like to see the state, county, city and/or taxpayers pay for it.
Why? Don’t they know there is no extra money to be had … especially for a stadium? I think covering the bills and getting jobs for the unemployed should top the spending list, not a new stadium.
I owned a business for a time and I thought it would be nice to pave my parking lot. My business was very rural and although it wasn’t necessary, it would have cut down on the dust in the building. But, I never even considered going to the local government to pay for it. That was my responsibility. It was my business.
The VIkings is a business, too. Why don’t each one of the team, the administration, the owners, put up 10 percent of their yearly salaries towards a stadium? At that rate, they could have one built in no time, at no cost to taxpayers, and they could call it their own.
After expenses, each owner could get another paycheck, over and above their salaries, and make even more money than they do now.
Do you think an idea like this might work? It doesn’t sound too complicated to me.
It would also show people like me that those in professional sports are not as spoiled as they are perceived.
