ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Governor Mark Dayton said Wednesday that the Minnesota Vikings would be moving to Los Angeles if the state had not built a new stadium.
The Governor’s comments come as the new downtown Minneapolis facility is 90 percent completed. On Tuesday, the Vikings led a tour of the state-of-the-art U.S. Bank Stadium six months before the team plays its first preseason game there.
Gov. Dayton strongly defended the $1 billion, publicly-funded stadium and why Minnesota was right to build it.
“It’s a phenomenal success story,” said Dayton, a Democrat, who said without it, the Vikings would be leaving now.