tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post3921064718247807624..comments2024-01-28T22:16:50.852-06:00Comments on Mr. Dilettante’s Neighborhood: Vikings to Arden Hills? XXIII -- Do You Feel Lucky?Mr. Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-63632448064693172232011-11-03T10:24:02.618-05:002011-11-03T10:24:02.618-05:00I think Mr. Zellers is right in that there is no e...I think Mr. Zellers is right in that there is no emergency here. There is no point in calling a special session at least until all possible plans are fully laid out on a table somewhere, and the legislature only has to choose. My personal preference if for the legislature to simply take itself completely out of the equation, giving Wilf ownership of the Metrodome and cancelling every tax unique to his enterprise. That greatly increases his revenue and gets us, the taxpayers, completely out of his business. It may not get Wilf all the revenue he wants right away, but it will then be up to him to make the decisions on how to do better, NOT US. We shouldn't be in his business, and his business shouldn't be suckering off the taxpayers. <br /><br />J. EwingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-63005389465530095452011-11-03T09:36:22.467-05:002011-11-03T09:36:22.467-05:00Wilf wouldn't be moving the team to LA - he...<i>Wilf wouldn't be moving the team to LA - he'd be selling it to LA interests, and selling the team at current market value, which would provide only a minor profit from his original purchase. If Wilf wanted to do that, he could have flipped the team years ago before the market tanked and the team's value became stagnant.</i><br /><br />True, FR. But hindsight is 20/20. And while we're talking about LA, Wilf could be talking to someone else, too.<br /><br /><i>He's completely unwilling to settle for something less - much as the Twins had to do to get Target Field built, and frankly, I don't see them complaining about it.</i><br /><br />I would say that an owner of a baseball team expects less revenue than an NFL owner. Wilf's desires may not be realistic -- I certainly don't think they are -- but he hasn't moved from them and I don't see a scenario in which he will.<br /><br /><i>I'm getting tired of listening to KFAN or 1500 and hearing them lionize Wilf as if he's doing us such a favor by contributing (along with the NFL) $400 million towards a stadium. He's getting $600 million from us, not to mention the lifetime income from the property development that will long surpass his reign of error in Vikings ownership.</i><br /><br />I agree completely with this. No love for Zygmunt in this corner.Mr. Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920907647566015611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19838051.post-58634421846501205052011-11-03T09:19:49.895-05:002011-11-03T09:19:49.895-05:00D, I think an oft-overlooked fact with both LA sta...D, I think an oft-overlooked fact with both LA stadium proposals is that they want majority ownership in any team(s) that arrive.<br /><br />Wilf wouldn't be moving the team to LA - he'd be selling it to LA interests, and selling the team at current market value, which would provide only a minor profit from his original purchase. If Wilf wanted to do that, he could have flipped the team years ago before the market tanked and the team's value became stagnant. <br /><br />Wilf has pushed himself into a bit of corner (along with the state) - either build his dream stadium with multiple revenue generators such as parking and commercial development, or lose the team altogether. He's completely unwilling to settle for something less - much as the Twins had to do to get Target Field built, and frankly, I don't see them complaining about it.<br /><br />I'm getting tired of listening to KFAN or 1500 and hearing them lionize Wilf as if he's doing us such a favor by contributing (along with the NFL) $400 million towards a stadium. He's getting $600 million from us, not to mention the lifetime income from the property development that will long surpass his reign of error in Vikings ownership.First Ringernoreply@blogger.com