Team contribution to new stadium an issue

Minnesota lawmakers working out a final Vikings stadium bill must decide how much money the team should put into the $975 million proposal.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers working out a final Vikings stadium bill must decide how much money the team should put into the $975 million proposal.

Both the House and Senate were standing by Wednesday for the final product of a conference committee that by late afternoon had yet to meet.

The Vikings were closer than ever to a replacement for the 30-year-old Metrodome, but big hurdles remained.

Both the House and Senate this week passed bills raising the team's $427 million contribution — by $105 million in the House, $25 million in the Senate.

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