Vikings owners and Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton left a meeting Tuesday pledging to try to fill a funding hole of up to $131 million in the team's proposed new $1 billion Arden Hills home by Friday.
"We're committed to getting this project done if at all possible," said Dayton, later adding, "Where there's a will, there's a way."
The governor convened the meeting of Ramsey County officials, team owners Mark and Zygi Wilf, legislative sponsors of a stadium bill and Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission Chair Ted Mondale.
After two hours, all emerged from the closed-door meeting preaching optimism, but looking borderline grim.
"We have a lot of work ahead of us," Zygi Wilf said.
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