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Mayor has plan to keep Vikings in town

Published Oct. 24, 2011 1:00 a.m. ET

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Minneapolis city officials say a new stadium for the Minnesota Vikings could be built more cheaply there than in the Twin Cities suburbs.

Mayor R.T. Rybak emerged from a private meeting with Gov. Mark Dayton on Monday to say he thinks the most realistic way to pay for a new stadium is with a citywide sales tax increase. He says the increase would also pay for renovations to Target Center, where the NBA Timberwolves play, and for property tax relief.

Rybak says he will spend the coming week putting together a more specific plan for the governor.

The Vikings' preferred plan would put a $1.1 billion stadium in Arden Hills. They are in the last year of their lease at the Metrodome.

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