ST. LOUIS • The cost of planning for a new riverfront stadium continues to rise.
This week, the tally climbed to more than $5 million, paid out by the public board that owns the Edward Jones Dome, on behalf of Gov. Jay Nixon's stadium task force.
Nixon’s two-man team announced plans for the $985 million open-air riverfront arena in January, days after St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke leaked his own plans to build a stadium in Los Angeles.
Since then, the task force has hired bond attorneys, construction managers, geotechnical engineers, financial advisers, surveyors and architects.