State Fair visitors were not feeling all that charitable toward the Minnesota Vikings.
An unscientific poll of visitors to the just-concluded Minnesota State Fair, conducted by the state Senate, found that slightly more than 47 percent felt the state should have no involvement with the Vikings' quest for a new stadium.
Twenty-six percent felt the state should only help with roads and infrastructure surrounding the stadium, and just 11.52 percent felt cities and counties should be allowed to increase taxes for the project. Just over 8 percent said the state should help pay a third of the stadium's cost.
A total of 8,324 people participated in the overall poll, which asked a range of questions from when the school year should begin to whether teachers should be retained for performance and not seniority.
The Vikings are pushing to build a new $1 billion stadium in suburban Arden Hills, and are promoting a plan that would have Ramsey County increase sales taxes to help pay for the project and have the state contribute $300 million.
