1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to stadiums; requiring certain government and
1.3 	football officials to negotiate and develop an
1.4 	agreement for the construction, financing, and
1.5 	operation of a new professional football stadium.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON NEW FOOTBALL STADIUM.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Parties to agreement. Representatives of
1.9 	Anoka County, the city in which the stadium is proposed to be
1.10 	located, and the state shall negotiate with the Minnesota
1.11 	Vikings and the National Football League to develop an agreement
1.12 	regarding the construction, financing, and operation of a new
1.13 	Minnesota Vikings football stadium and event center to be
1.14 	located in Anoka County.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Terms of agreement. The agreement must address
1.16 	the following:
1.17 	(1) the construction, development, and design of the new
1.18 	facility and surrounding areas;
1.19 	(2) the terms and conditions under which each party will
1.20 	make contributions of funds and otherwise contribute to the
1.21 	financing of the facility with the Minnesota Vikings
1.22 	contributing at least one-third of the costs of a new Minnesota
1.23 	Vikings football stadium and event center and agreeing to be
1.24 	responsible for any cost overruns;
1.25 	(3) site acquisition;
2.1 	(4) operating expenses and future capital improvements;
2.2 	(5) revenues from game day parking;
2.3 	(6) revenue from the facility and surrounding areas;
2.4 	(7) any adjacent ancillary development;
2.5 	(8) environmental and transportation issues; and 
2.6 	(9) the process for selecting a construction manager.
2.7 		Subd. 3.Requirements for use of stadium. The agreement
2.8 	must ensure that the Minnesota Vikings will use the stadium for
2.9 	all scheduled home preseason, regular season, and postseason
2.10 	games that the team is entitled to play at home for a term of
2.11 	not less than 30 years and shall contain no escape clauses or
2.12 	buyout provisions.  The agreement must include a provision
2.13 	relating to specific performance.
2.14 		Subd. 4.Report to legislature. The parties to the
2.15 	agreement must report on the agreement by January 15, 2006, to
2.16 	the chairs of the committees having jurisdiction over state
2.17 	finance and local government issues in the Minnesota senate and
2.18 	house of representatives.
2.19 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
2.20 	following final enactment.

2.21 	Sec. 2. REPEALER.
 2.22 	Section 1 is repealed June 1, 2006.