The head of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority issued a statement Wednesday saying the owners of the Minnesota Vikings appear to have the financial resources to make good on paying for the team's share of a new NFL stadium in downtown Minneapolis.

The NFL's willingness to release documents comes on the heels of the Vikings organization's acquiescence to cooperating with the MSFA.

The Minnesota Vikings franchise and the public authority that will own its new home are working to break ground on the downtown Minneapolis stadium later this year. But Gov. Mark Dayton’s call for an inquiry into the team’s finances is complicating an already difficult set of negotiations over final agreements for the use and financing of the stadium.

Gov. Mark Dayton is taking a hard line against the owners of the Minnesota Vikings in the wake of a New Jersey judge’s decision that the team owners are guilty of fraud and breach of contract in an unrelated apartment development deal. The discord is playing out as the state Sports Facilities Authority is getting set to vote on the final agreement on the specifics of how the team will use and finance the stadium.

Gov. Mark Dayton is “greatly distressed” by a pair of proposals recently floated by the Minnesota Vikings, according to a strongly worded letter Dayton sent to team owners Zygi and Mark Wilf.

In his strongly worded letter, Dayton urges the Vikings organization to reconsider a pair of ideas, and questions the team's role as a faithful partner with the state.

Left for dead in April, the Vikings stadium bill sprinted to passage in the session’s closing days. What happened?

The $975 million package, which would construct a new stadium for the team near the Metrodome site in Minneapolis, passed on a 73-58 vote, with more DFLers voting for the package than Republicans. All told, 40 DFL votes were cast in favor of the bill, with 33 Republicans voting “yes.” Many expected there to be 68 votes total for the bill -- the exact number needed to pass -- with the GOP and DFL caucuses evenly splitting the total.

For all the fanfare that attended Thursday’s announcement of an agreement among the main players in the Vikings stadium saga, the plan as presented begged as many critical questions as it answered.

Politicians and team officials hashed out the possibilities of building a new Minnesota Vikings stadium on the site where the team currently plays.