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Minnesota Vikings News and Rumors

Patrick Reusse: Politicos play dumb and blind to a stadium's dazzling upside

startribune.com

Some way, we have wound up with politicians who would put the cleaver to a great asset for the state's largest city, and then offer the silliest of explanations.

Matt Loede, vikingsgab.com

The Vikings, city of Minneapolis and state of Minnesota have reached a tentative agreement on a $975 million stadium at a site near, or possibly at, the current Metrodome, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. In the preliminary agreement, the private-p…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

The Vikings earned the third overall pick in the draft, thanks to a 3-13 record.  They could be heading down the same path they did 44 years ago, when another three-win season (3-8-3, to be precise) gave the Vikings the first pick in the 1968 NFL draft.…