"Minnesotans might begin to wonder if a new Vikings stadium is really feasible if lawmakers intend to rely on gambling revenues to fund the state’s portion of the multimillion-dollar project. Stadium talks this week in St. Paul focused on ways to generate stadium funds via various gambling-expansion schemes, most involving the state’s American Indian tribes.
It all looks a little tentative because tribes have their own priorities that often have little to do with Vikings football, and a proliferation of competing gambling proposals has the potential to scuttle all of them. Consider the wish list that emerged during Tuesday’s meeting of the Senate Taxes and State Government Committees: White Earth Tribal Nation, which operates a casino on the rural reservation at Mahnomen, wants a Twin Cities casino." Get the Story: