Governor Mark Dayton signed a stadium bill into law on May 14, 2012. Dayton signed HF2958 (Laws of Minnesota 2012, Chapter 299) that calls for a $975 million, 65,000-seat roofed state-owned "People's Stadium" to be built primarily on the Metrodome site on the eastern edge of downtown Minneapolis. The team will cover $477 million of construction costs; the state $348 million; and Minneapolis $150 million.
The plan is to break ground in 2013 with the Vikings playing in the new facility in 2016. As currently envisioned the team will play in the Metrodome through the 2014 season and then at TCF Bank Stadium for a season, while the current stadium is razed and the new facility completed.
In 2025, the Legislature repealed the commission (see Laws of Minn. 2025, chap. 39, art. 2, sec. 69, subd. 1). The House Research Department notes in a bill summary that "according to the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities last met in June 2016."