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Mark Twain speaks again in St. Louis
"It is extortion, but they are in a position to demand it."
St. Louis's aldermen voted yesterday (December 18) by 17-10 to build a billion-dollar-plus stadium to keep the Rams in the city. But the football team's owner, Stan Kroenke, has never shown any interest in keeping the team there, and his approval is crucial. He wants to move the Rams to a stadium he hopes to build in Inglewood.
The vote assumes the National Football League will put $300 million in the pot. The NFL warned the city that its maximum is $200 million, and it may not even give that.
Trenchant comments suggest the spirit of Mark Twain still exists in the city.
"It is extortion," said one alderman, noting that neither Kroenke nor the NFL needs the money, "but they are in a position to demand it. What we've tried to do is put together a bill that stinks a little less." (But he voted in favor of building a new stadium.)
Another alderman said it was like going to a strip club and having the stripper throw your money back at you.
A former St. Louis resident told me, "Never be built. A joke."
Here's something you might be interested in.
Mark Twain speaks again in St. Louis
"It is extortion, but they are in a position to demand it."
Mark Twain speaks again in St. Louis
"It is extortion, but they are in a position to demand it."
St. Louis's aldermen voted yesterday (December 18) by 17-10 to build a billion-dollar-plus stadium to keep the Rams in the city. But the football team's owner, Stan Kroenke, has never shown any interest in keeping the team there, and his approval is crucial. He wants to move the Rams to a stadium he hopes to build in Inglewood.
The vote assumes the National Football League will put $300 million in the pot. The NFL warned the city that its maximum is $200 million, and it may not even give that.
Trenchant comments suggest the spirit of Mark Twain still exists in the city.
"It is extortion," said one alderman, noting that neither Kroenke nor the NFL needs the money, "but they are in a position to demand it. What we've tried to do is put together a bill that stinks a little less." (But he voted in favor of building a new stadium.)
Another alderman said it was like going to a strip club and having the stripper throw your money back at you.
A former St. Louis resident told me, "Never be built. A joke."
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