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Vikings, stadium authority say there's also a need for an ongoing maintenance fund.
Gov. Tim Walz's proposal to pay off the $1.1 billion U.S. Bank Stadium just seven years after it opened seems a near certainty given the warm reception it received at the Legislature.
In his budget proposal this week, Walz said he wants to pay off the $377 million in outstanding bond debt from the publicly financed portion of the stadium.