ORLANDO -- Vikings owner Zygi Wilf said Monday he was encouraged about the team's quest for a new stadium and Tuesday vice chairman Leonard Wilf said he echoed those thoughts in meetings with all 32 teams and during another meeting with NFL leadership.

"We feel that there is some positive progress in Minnesota towards a stadium resolution," Leonard Wilf said at the NFL owners meetings at the Ritz-Carlton. "We are very pleased that somebody is paying attention to the issue and trying to move it along. The league is being updated and they will be cooperative. They feel that we've been one of the four laggards in getting a stadium resolution."

The Vikings' expectation is that talk of a stadium resolution at the State Capitol will heat up after April 15 and their appears real optimism that something could get done. That feeling stems from separate conversations Zygi Wilf had with state leaders in January, including Gov. Tim Pawlenty, senate majority leader Larry Pogemiller and house speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher.

The Vikings confirmed that in meetings with all three Wilf was told that although they could make no promises or guarantees they would move the stadium discussion forward in the 2010 Legislative Session. This spring stands to mark the first time the Vikings have gotten their issue serious consideration at the Capitol since 2006.

Leonard Wilf said he believes the opening of the Twins' new stadium, Target Field, will only help the Vikings' cause. Wilf pointed to what happened in the Bronx when the Yankees opened their new stadium last season. Wilf also said that Commissioner Roger Goodell could help in the Vikings' move to get a new venue.

"He's a very important resource in terms of representing the league's position on teams," Wilf said. "[The league is] very happy with the Minnesota franchises involvement in the state of Minnesota but a stadium is an important element in the long-term success of a franchise in a location. They feel it's important for us to have a new facility so that we can move forward." Lester Bagley, the Vikings' vice president of public affairs, said the focus remains on building a stadium on the site of the Metrodome in downtown Minneapolis.

"There are a couple of options but right now I think the default position and the site that we're working on is the Metrodome site," he said. "I do believe whatever discussions we have with state leadership is going to leave the door open for a suburban site to come forward. But that hasn't happened and right now if we have to put a package together the Metrodome site is the site we're working with. But I think that door will be left open to be sorted out in the next 30 to 60 days."