The Minnesota Vikings continue to rebuff feelers from California billionaire Ed Roski Jr., who would like to build a privately financed stadium in the Los Angeles area and lure an NFL team to play there, according to Vikings executive Lester Bagley. The Vikings want public financing to carry most of the cost to build a new stadium in downtown Minneapolis, at the current site of the Metrodome. Vikings owner Zygi Wilf has said in the past that the ownership group is willing to contribute about $250 million toward a stadium projected to cost about $954 million, although the final tally hasn’t been set. Bagley, Vikings vice president of public affairs/stadium development, continues to emphasize the sense of urgency to build a new stadium, saying a plan is in place that would allow construction to start in August.

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