Stadium measure's defeat likely ends St. Louis' MLS chances (The Associated Press)

For the second time in 16 months, plans for a splashy new downtown St. Louis stadium have fallen by the wayside. City voters on Tuesday defeated a ballot measure that would have allocated $60 million from a tax increase on businesses toward the construction of a 22,000-seat soccer stadium in the hopes of luring a Major League Soccer expansion team. In January 2016, the NFL rejected plans for a $1 billion football stadium along the Mississippi River, and league owners approved the move of the Rams to Los Angeles.