Vikings to LA?

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    The Minnesota Vikings are in the final year of their lease at the Metrodome, funding for a new stadium hasn't been secured and a developer has taken another step toward building an NFL-ready facility in Los Angeles.

    Vikings owner Zygi Wilf tried to disconnect those dots again Wednesday. He said Vikings fans need not worry about the progress to the west.

    "No," Wilf said sternly when asked whether fans in Minnesota should be nervous that the Anschutz Entertainment Group got an endorsement from the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday for the funding and timeline of the project there.

    "We have momentum here in Arden Hills," Wilf said, referring to the suburb 10 miles north of Minneapolis where Vikings and Ramsey County officials have agreed to put a stadium if the state signs off on the deal.

    AEG has competition from Majestic Realty Co. to build a stadium in the Los Angeles area and bring an NFL franchise back to the nation's second-largest market, which lost the Raiders and the Rams in 1995. AEG's plan for a $1.2 billion downtown venue, to be called Farmers Field, targets completion in 2016.

    Read more: http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6...-fans-neednt-worry-los-angeles-zygi-wilf-says
     

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