Senate OKs Vikings Stadium Bill, Metzen Votes Yes

A new stadium package for the Vikings passed Tuesday night in the Minnesota Senate by a vote of 38-28.

Sen. Jim Metzen (D-South St. Paul), voted yes on the bill.

"I don’t want to be a senator that votes on my watch to see them leave town," said Metzen on Monday.

The charitable gambling element of the package taps into gambling that is "going on already," said Metzen.

(Read the bill's basic funding components on Session Daily)

The vote followed roughly 12 hours of amendments, speeches and back-and-forth on the Senate floor.

Now the Senate version of the bill and the House version of the bill, passed late Monday, will be sent to a conference committee of six legislators to be reconciled into one bill.

That conference committee report will be brought back to the House and Senate floors for a final vote before being sent to Gov. Mark Dayton for consideration.

(Read the bill's funding components on Session Daily) 

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