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| Date: | October 27, 2011 | | Contact Name: | Sandra Whalen | | Contact Phone: | 651-296-5238 | | Contact Email: | sandra.whalen@senate.mn | | For Immediate Release | |
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| Racino can support new jobs, schools & be funding source for stadium |
“Because the Minnesota Vikings are a social and financial asset to our state, many political and business leaders are working to find a solution to keeping them in our state, as well as supporting economic growth and jobs in the private sector. Racino is the answer to both questions.
“Gambling in Minnesota – like it or not – is here to stay. Racino is a option for Minnesota that already exists, and without a major expansion or creation of a new site can be used as a source of income to both pay back the school financing shift and provide a source of income for a new stadium for the Vikings and other events.
“Minnesota is trying to climb out of a recession. Racino and a new stadium would be a shot in the arm for construction trades, for private businesses that operate around the stadium, and for Minnesota’s large agricultural and equine industry that works with Canterbury and Running Aces.”
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