We are writing this story knowing full well that it may be outdated by the end of Thursday, but there is news here.The on-again, off-again, convoluted, open-for-debate attempt at getting a new stadium built for the Minnesota Vikings is just about complete.The Minnesota House of Representatives agreed to a new stadium deal, which includes a $50 million increase in funding from the Vikings, at about 3:30am Thursday morning.The bill heads to the State Senate Thursday afternoon.Read more from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune RIGHT HEREThe building will be a $1 billion structure that the team will pay over $470 million for. That part is admirable and actually is nearly half the estimated cost. The rest will be paid by the taxpayers of Minnesota.The very complicated deal has far too many complications for us to get in here. And while we've come out on the record as being opposed to the premise of this, we are also realistic enough to understand that this is going to get done.It's just...
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