Vikings get a new stadium, Minnesota taxpayers will pony up millions

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Re: Vikings get a new stadium, Minnesota taxpayers will pony up millions

...Talks headed by then-NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue [??] led to a plan to fix and renovate the Superdome with $121 million from the state, $44 million from the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, which oversees the facility, $156 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA fixes sports stadiums??] and $15 million from the league. Blanco said a rushed bond deal followed.

iirc the superdome was the site of great deal of horror in the aftermath of katrina, with many thousands taking refuge with no supplies, no sewage outlet, and no law and/or order.

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Re: Vikings get a new stadium, Minnesota taxpayers will pony up millions

iirc the superdome was the site of great deal of horror in the aftermath of katrina, with many thousands taking refuge with no supplies, no sewage outlet, and no law and/or order.

That it was. I am assuming FEMA took the $156 million out of their trailer budget. "Hell of a job, Brownie" ;-)