it is politics my friend. nothing more than turf politics. they are making the vikings play by a different set of rules than the twins were told to play by. think of it this way since the twins were never looking to move out of minneapolis. dayton is from minneapolis, most of dayton's administration is from minneapolis. and most of the dfl votes you would need to wrangle up in order to pass it through the house or senate would be from pro-urban dfl legislators from minneapolis or st. paul (who don't want to see a stadium in suburban ramsey county if it won't be in downtown st. paul). in their minds they just can't imagine a stadium in the suburbs with ample tailgating space. the people must be forced to ride to all games on light rail or ride the silly green ride-share bikes to them. ;-)
not saying i agree with putting a football stadium in a downtown area, but unfortunately it is just the reality of the politics these slime ball legislators are making everyone play.
and the red-herrings the basillica of st. mary is throwing out there about the linden avenue site are just that.......red herrings.
For all of this forcing it to be in Minneapolis, we have no idea if the City Council will even approve it, even though it's not a 'new' tax. Ramsey had the votes to pass the sales tax increase if they would just waive the referendum.