Lawmakers submit tax plan for Vikings stadium

Published 4:46 pm Friday, April 8, 2011

ST. PAUL — A bill to raise taxpayer funding for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium is ready to go at the Capitol.

A copy of the Senate bill’s text went online Friday afternoon. It will be officially introduced on Monday.

The bill aims to raise up to $300 million through a variety of revenue streams including a sales tax on memorabilia and luxury seats, as well as naming rights and a lottery game. It does not specify where the replacement to the Metrodome will be located.

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Lead Senate sponsor Sen. Julie Rosen says Friday that she’ll be glad to have a bill in the public arena to be discussed and debated. Rosen says the remaining month and a half left in the session is enough time to pass it.