VIDEO (UPDATED): Vikings Stadium Bill at Minnesota Senate

Updated (3 p.m. Wednesday): The state Senate committee holding the first legislative hearing this year into a Minnesota Vikings stadium bill recessed just before 3 p.m. Wednesday without taking a vote on the proposed bill as scheduled. "More work to do," said committee chair Sen. Ray Vandeveer (R-Stillwater). 

Update (2:45 p.m. Wednesday): One of Wolf's questions was about relying on revenues from electronic pulltab gaming to cover the state's financial obligation: "If not enough people gamble, what is the backup plan?"

The answer, from stadium bill author Julie Rosen (R-Fairmont), is an automatic, "blink-on" user fee, such as a scratch-off game or sports-memorabilia tax.

The committee hearing is now in overtime—past the scheduled 2:45 p.m. recess.

Original post (1 p.m. Wednesday): The first state Capitol hearing for the Minnesota Vikings stadium legislation is set for Wednesday, 1–2:45 p.m.

Tune in here for live streaming video via The UpTake from the state Senate's Local Government and Elections Committee—the debut hearing for a stadium bill this year. 

Sen. Pam Wolf (R-51), who represents a northeastern section of Fridley, is a member of the committee.