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TexasTowelie

(116,830 posts) Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:35 PM Mar 2017

Voters could bring the MLS to St. Louis with soccer stadium vote

ST. LOUIS • Investors asking for $60 million in public money to help build a Major League Soccer stadium say they have broad regional support, but they’re only cautiously optimistic the vote will pass.

That’s because when the money question gets settled at the ballot box April 4, only city voters get to make the decision. That has supporters expecting a close vote in what they call a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring big league soccer to the River City.

“I’m sure it will be close,” said Paul Edgerley, lead investor of the ownership group SC STL. “That’s why we want to get the message out this is about more than just sports.”

They won the support of labor unions with the promise of creating about 500 construction jobs and an additional 450 permanent jobs working for the franchise. SC STL and city aldermen supporting the effort say the $60 million investment will net the city $77 million in general revenue over 30 years.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/voters-could-bring-the-mls-to-st-louis-with-soccer/article_e4e820be-46c8-51ac-b278-2cd3f0831136.html

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Voters could bring the MLS to St. Louis with soccer stadium vote (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP

Cool shenmue Mar 2017 #1

Sorry.. NO public money for sports. pangaia Mar 2017 #2

Yes gordianot Mar 2017 #4

Local Sports media commentators promote public money. gordianot Mar 2017 #3

let the corporate jocks pay for their own stadiums. no taxpayer $$ msongs Mar 2017 #5

We had soccer teams before Luka Boyd Mar 2017 #6

shenmue

(38,537 posts)

1. Cool

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:38 PM

Mar 2017

pangaia

(24,324 posts)

2. Sorry.. NO public money for sports.

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:40 PM

Mar 2017

Give it to the arts, especially classical music entities..... That way you get something of redeeming social value in return.

Sports is just... entertainment.

gordianot

(15,516 posts)

4. Yes

Reply to pangaia (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:50 PM

Mar 2017

gordianot

(15,516 posts)

3. Local Sports media commentators promote public money.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 06:50 PM

Mar 2017

This will solve all of the St. Louis problems

msongs

(70,178 posts)

5. let the corporate jocks pay for their own stadiums. no taxpayer $$

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 07:01 PM

Mar 2017

Luka Boyd

(49 posts)

6. We had soccer teams before

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Sat Mar 25, 2017, 07:29 PM

Mar 2017

We had soccer teams before and they werent supported. This is a baseball town, nobody cares about soccer. If the team owners think this is such a surefire money making proposition let them fund the stadium. We let the Rams go rather than build them a new stadium using public funds. I dont believe that having a soccer team will benefit the average citizen in St. Louis to justify the tax expenditure, unless you are a restaurant / bar owner or will sell merchandise.

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