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Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones Helping Vikings Owner Get New Stadium

05 September 2009
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124821 Comment2009-09-05+18%3A00%3A44MKRob

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Jerry Jones has something Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf wants, and it’s not just the Super Bowl rings on Jones’ fingers.

The Dallas Cowboys owner has opened his brand new, $1.2 billion Cowboys Stadium to rave reviews from everyone but punters this preseason.

Wilf is trying to get public financing help for a new stadium on the site of the current Metrodome, where the Vikings lease is set to expire in 2011. He has had little to no luck so far getting momentum generated from lawmakers, and Jones said the situation is growing more urgent.

“Right now we are subsidizing this market,” said Jones, one of the most influential owners in the league. “It’s unthinkable to think that you’ve got the market you’ve got here, with 3.5 million people, and have teams like Kansas City and Green Bay subsidizing this market. That will stop. That’s going to stop. That’s called revenue sharing. That’s on its way out.”

The outdated Metrodome is the biggest reason the Vikings are near the bottom of the league in revenue. That hasn’t stopped Wilf from pouring millions into the team on the field, including signing quarterback Brett Favre on Aug. 18 and making Jared Allen the highest-paid defensive player in history.

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124821 COMMENT2009-09-05+18%3A00%3A44MKRob

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es bueno que todavia existan personas con gran corazon,?? el ayudar a otras personas sin lucro es de caballeros y por eso lo admiro… me gustaria que les diera las gracias a todos sus jugadores por esos grandes momentos que nos an dado en todas estas temporadas GRACIAS y que dios lo bendiga.. ATT. c.f.e.

November 10, 2009 at 2:06 am