[Mpls] RT & the Twins

[MNMollyS]

Anybody catch today's Strib article about stadium financing? RT was quoted:

"The time for concepts is over," he said. "The owners need to get specific. The city needs to get specific."  But he said private financing would have to come first. "If there's a public entity that comes forward," he said, "that's got to be the last dollar into it."

Um, this seems a bit different than no money for a stadium, period. Could someone enlighten me and the rest of the list members as to any new information that has come to light which suddenly makes stadium financing an option that RT is willing to explore? And I'm confused as to how building a new stadium will guarantee us that the Twins (and Vikings, for that matter) will stay put. Does the potential exist for us to build a new stadium and have it sit vacant due to the ever changing whims of the MLB Association, Carl Pohlad, and Red McCombs?

Molly Schultz