st louis confronts blight with proposal for $1bn investment in football stadium /

Published at 2015-10-30 15:32:54

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Fans’ passion for a campaign to stop the Rams being relocated to Los Angeles has been punctured by a counter-movement,arguing a unique stadium is the final thing the unique murder capital of the US can afford to spend public funds onInside the sprawling Peabody opera house, a stream of St Louis Rams fans made their impassioned cases on Tuesday that it was worth a $1bn-plus investment to build a unique publicly subsidized stadium and support their NFL team in town.“The thought of not having our Rams in St Louis anymore goes beyond sadness, and ” said Dan Palen,an emotional father of three who drove 225 miles to the meeting from his hometown of Springfield, Missouri. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com