An apparently frustrated Gov. Mark Dayton called on Republican legislative leaders Tuesday to stop “playing games” and propose their own plan for financing a new Vikings stadium.

“It’s time for leaders of the Legislature to show some leadership to get this project approved,” Dayton said at a Capitol news conference.

The Democratic governor said he was prepared to unveil his stadium plan Monday but postponed his proposal last week after Republican leaders told him they opposed a special legislative session to consider a stadium bill.

Two rank-and-file Republican lawmakers have been drafting stadium legislation, but House Speaker Kurt Zellers and Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch have not proposed any ideas for funding a stadium and don’t want a special session to address the stadium issue until someone else offers a plan for them to consider.

Dayton asked of the leaders, “What are you for? What are you willing to support?”

Without naming names, Dayton said of some legislators, “All they know is no.”

He urged the GOP leaders to get stadium negotiations “on track,” draft a plan, schedule legislative hearings on it and then set a deadline for acting, preferably in a special session before the regular 2012 session convenes Jan. 24.

“You’ve got to have a deadline” or nothing will get done, he said. If lawmakers can’t complete the job before the regular session starts, they should set a time limit early in the session, such as Feb. 24.

The Vikings have proposed a $1.1 billion domed stadium on the vacant Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant site in Arden Hills. Under their proposal, team owners would pay more than $420 million and the state would contribute $300 million.

Ramsey County officials had offered to pay $350 million through a 0.5 percent sales tax, but Dayton and legislative leaders pulled that proposal off the table last week when they decided lawmakers would not exempt the local sales tax from a referendum, which almost certainly would fail. State officials now are seeking alternative funding sources.

Meanwhile, Minneapolis officials are pitching three alternative stadium sites.

Dayton said the stadium project could put several thousand unemployed construction workers back to work.

He criticized but declined to name some legislators who prefer to avoid having a vote on a stadium bill until after the 2012 election.

“To them, their one job is more important than providing several thousand jobs to Minnesotans who are currently sitting on the bench and want to work,” he said.