Monday, December 19, 2016

Incoming governor opposes St. Louis soccer stadium funding (The Associated Press)

In this photograph taken Monday, July 27, 2015, Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber, right, looks over his notes before speaking during a news conference for the league's All-Star game in Denver. The MLS all-star squad defeated the Tottenham Hotspur Wednesday night in Dick's Sporting Goods Park in the 20th annual mid-season classic for the league. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Greitens' comments, in an email statement, were made a day before the Missouri Development Finance Board is expected to vote Tuesday on a request to approve $40 million in state tax credits for the stadium. Plans for the new $200 million downtown stadium proposed by the group SC STL were unveiled in November as part of an effort to attract a Major League Soccer expansion team to St. Louis. In addition to state tax credits, the stadium is contingent on St. Louis voters approving $80 million in public funding in an April vote.


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