Prep Bowl offered an affordable look at the new sports facility By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Half the cost of the newly opened Vikings Stadium, known as the “People’s Stadium” before its corporate branding, has come from the people’s money — taxes and related public subsidies totaling more than half a billion dollars. Now is the time to assess just what the … [Read more...]
Worshiping at the Church of Football
The cost to attend a Minnesota Vikings game is, in a word, costly. One ticket is equivalent to a couple of car notes or cable bills, or for some of us at least a month’s worth of groceries. Our front-page story this week on the affordability of attending Vikings games (part of our “People’s Stadium” series) points out that the average overall cost to fans to see a game at … [Read more...]