Dayton to meet with NFL Commissioner
Gov.-elect Mark Dayton announced today that he's scheduled to meet with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday afternoon. Dayton's transition team announced that Dayton will meet with Goodell before the Vikings/Bears game. The game will be held at TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus. The news release says Goodell requested the meeting.
"I went to the first Minnesota Vikings football game 50 years ago, and I hope that my grandchildren will be able to go to Vikings games in Minnesota 50 years from now," said Governor-elect Dayton in a news release. "However, as I said throughout my campaign, any new stadium must first benefit the people of Minnesota. If it's 8,000 construction jobs over the next three years and those tax revenues, the contracts with Minnesota businesses and those tax revenues, and the other economic benefits to our State exceed any public costs, then it is a good deal for the people of Minnesota and I will support it. I will also insist that no general revenue funds be used for building any new stadium. I look forward to meeting with Commissioner Goodell."
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