LA bargaining chip

Metrodome collapse inflates LA discussion

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Los Angeles is a more valuable property without a team than with a team, as existing teams having stadium issues can always point to the West and the second-largest market in the country sitting without an NFL tenant.

Comment: Despite a 6 billion dollar two-year budget deficit, the Minnesota legislature will vote for a new stadium. Gamblers (fools) and taxpayers (fools if we support it!) will fund it (because it just wouldn't be Minnesota without them!)