The Vikings ship will not sail

Good news from the NFL today, that being that the Minnesota Vikings will stay in the city after reaching an agreement with the powers that be.  In another stunning victory for the Colts, their 4th of the season if you add the winning of the Luck sweepstakes to their 2 victories, the stadium will be modeled after Lucas Oil.  A nice gift for the Colts.  Does this make the Vikings the favorite to land Peyton?  Would it become another house he built?  Does that make him a bigger star then Babe Ruth?  I don't know the answers to any of these questions, but I do know the answer to this one.  The cost of this stadium: $975 million dollars- of which the Vikings will contribute $427 million, or about 50.6% {thank you NY Times}.  This is nuts.  How the hell can a city justify spending this much on a stadium, especially during a recession.  I want the Vikings to stay in Minnesota.  I really do.  They have a great history there, especially of choking in the playoffs.  However, all of these stadiums are getting out of control.  The University of Minnesota {TCF Bank Stadium} built a stadium in downtown Minneapolis a few years ago.  Not only does it create a true home field advantage by not having a roof, but it is nice.  These knuckleheads couldn't get together and build a dual use stadium?  Really?  The $288 million the tax payers spent on TCF wasn't enough?  This drives me crazy.  Above all else, I'm a guy who thinks we should try to improve the efficiency of our society.  Building multiple football stadiums in the same city really doesn't accomplish this dream of mine.  It is a waste of everything you can imagine.  Making matters worse, the Minnesota Twins had Target Field built for them at the cost of $390 million, plus another $160 million in infrastructure.
All of these costs incurred by the taxpayers, and they don't even get the naming rights of the stadiums?  I am getting more and more upset.  Thank God I don't live in Minneapolis.  The truth is that these underachieving Minnesota sports franchises are getting off easy.  Think about how people want teachers not have job security and get publicly flogged with faulty data, but these guys who all missed the play-offs or bowl game don't all get fired?  I guess the point of this crazy rant is that the Vikings staying in Minnesota tells us an awful lot about the priorities of our society and what we really value.  If push comes to shove, let the Vikings move to Los Angeles.  It would cost a lot less in the long run for the good tax payers of Minnesota to buy directv league pass and not have to suffer through another crappy season.