ST. LOUIS • The Board of Aldermen is poised to approve on Friday a financing package for a $1.1 billion stadium that counts on an extra $100 million from the National Football League.
But on Thursday, NFL officials wanted to make sure no one was taking league money for granted.
In a sternly worded letter to Gov. Jay Nixon and his stadium task force, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell warned that the league has no current plans to provide $300 million toward construction of a riverfront stadium here.
The NFL provides a maximum of $200 million to help teams build new stadiums, Goodell wrote.