Vikings' Stadium Sales Tax Won't Be On Ballot

• Audience Members Hold Signs at Meeting

Audience members hold signs as the Ramsey County Charter Commission meets before a packed house at the Ramsey County Courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, to discuss a proposal to build a $1 billion, taxpayer-supported Minnesota Vikings football stadium in suburban Arden Hills. The Minnesota Vikings said Tuesday that holding a countywide referendum on a proposed half-cent sales tax hike to help build a new football stadium would delay the project by two years and add at least $110 million to the $1 billion proposal. (AP Photo/St. Paul Pioneer Press, John Autey)

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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A proposed local sales tax to pay for a new Minnesota Vikings stadium won't be going to voters.

The Vikings had complained that putting the half-cent tax hike before voters would delay the project by two years and add at least $110 million to the $1 billion proposal.

A Ramsey County panel on Tuesday rejected a countywide vote next year on a proposed sales tax hike to help build a new Vikings stadium. The vote by the county's Charter Commission clears an obstacle for supporters of the Vikings' plan for a $1 billion stadium in Arden Hills.

The Vikings have pointed out that the Twins got money from a Hennepin County sales tax for Target Field without a referendum. But many Ramsey County residents complained it was unfair they pay higher taxes for what's supposed to be a statewide asset.

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