On the Trail: Stadium bill will be shipped to a deeply skeptical aldermanic committee
Its fair to say last week produced plenty of copy about St. Louis proposed riverfront football stadium. There was a $158 million naming rights deal, the approval of Brownfield tax credits and questions about how much the facility will actually cost.
What last week didnt deliver, though, was the introduction of legislation at the Board of Aldermen detailing the citys share for the $1 billion project. The confusion and delay comes as owners are apparently getting antsier and antsier about the stadiums funding particulars, even though its not clear if St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke has enough support to move his team to the Los Angeles area.
But even though aldermen dont have a bill yet, theyve pretty much selected a venue for committee hearings. St. Louis Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed said on Friday that hed probably send the legislation to the Boards Ways and Means Committee, which is lead by Alderman Steven Conway, D-8th Ward.
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