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Lester Bagley

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Vikings stadium bill: Representatives 'pull rabbit out of hat,' proposal advances to full Senate

    On April 16, the Vikings stadium bill seemed to die an anticlimactic death in the House Government Operations and Elections Committee, which seemingly killed it with a 9-6 vote. Afterward, the chief author of the House bill, Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, said it would require someone to "pull a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    Jim Souhan, Star Tribune columnist, savaged for "lazy journalism" in Star Tribune op/ed

    Wednesday, in a column entitled "No point in dumbing down stadium issue," Star Tribune sports columnist Jim Souhan blasted Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, for his line of questioning during the House Government Operations and Elections Committee's stadium discussion earlier this week.Souhan quoted U ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Stadium bill deader than Vikings' postseason chances, but Dayton hopeful for another shot

    Remember that Vikings stadium bill? That thing now looks like it's in worse shape than Adrian Peterson's knee.The bill was sacked last night by the House Government Operations and Elections Committee, which killed in with a 9-6 vote. Afterward, the chief author of the House bill, Rep. Morrie Lanning ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    NFL: No Los Angeles Vikings in 2012

    ​We've been hearing for months about how the Vikings' expiring Metrodome lease means it's urgent for lawmakers to get a stadium deal done early this legislative session.Los Angeles is ready and willing, so goes this logic, to have the team play in the Rose Bowl for a couple years while a new stadi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Vikings warming to idea of staying in Minneapolis

    ​After months of insisting that Arden Hills is the team's preferred site for a new Vikings stadium, it appears ownership is warming to the idea of staying in downtown Minneapolis.During meetings with state political leaders yesterday, owner Zygi Wilf reportedly displayed maps showing how a new sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    San Antonio Vikings? Say it ain't so, Lester Bagley!

    ​Another city is trying to lure the Vikings from Minnesota, according to Vikings spokesman Lester Bagley.Although Los Angeles has long been rumored to covet our football team, Bagley recently dropped the bombshell that another city has also been wooing the Vikes during the past year. However, he w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Minnesota Vikings stadium proposal published

    The Legislature will take another shot at making a new Vikings stadium a reality.​Here we go again. Now that the Legislature appears to be nearing the end of debate on some seriously draconian bills that slash spending on education, health and human services, it's going to take up the matter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Vikings play the Los Angeles relocation card in stadium debate

    Would the Vikings turn California purple?​The owners of the Minnesota Vikings really, really want you to finance them a new stadium. And the specter of the team relocating to a city more amenable to upgraded real estate has long been part of its MO for wrangling a new, taxpayer-funded stadium ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Survey finds big opposition to taxpayer-funded Vikings stadium

    Vikings vice president Lester Bagley says he wasn't surprised by the findings.

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Mischke show notes: Jan. 5, 2010

    Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Strib Bankruptcy Watch: Land ho!

    Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2008

    Vikings weigh in on Strib saga

    Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

  • News

    September 26, 2007

    Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome: 10 Worst Moments

    Join the conversation with T.D. Mischke on today's 'In The Stream' live from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

  • News

    July 25, 2007

    Trials and Stribulations

    Staffs gutted. Secrets stolen. A traitorous publisher forced to defend his actions in court. The future has never looked bleaker for the Star Tribune and the Pioneer Press.

  • News

    July 4, 2007

    Par's Download Blues

    The ink-stained Benedict Arnold gets his comeuppance in court

  • News

    January 3, 2007

    Eye of the Beholder

    You look at the Vikings and see a football team. Zygi Wilf looks at the Vikings and sees a key that might unlock countless added development deals— here or somewhere else.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Stop That Train

    Neighborhood groups say the Gopher/Vikings stadium drive is going too fast

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