ST. LOUIS • The commissioner of Major League Soccer called St. Louis a “great soccer market” on Tuesday, boosting hopes that a proposed open-air football stadium downtown could — eventually — draw a soccer team as well.
At the same time, Commissioner Don Garber said growing MLS was a “long term project,” and cautioned that any expansion into St. Louis wouldn’t happen before 2020.
Garber flew into town from New Jersey to meet with local business leaders and public officials, including Gov. Jay Nixon and Mayor Francis Slay. He talked at length with Dave Peacock, who co-leads Nixon’s stadium task force, and the HOK architects designing the stadium.