ST. LOUIS — Contractors already have submitted roughly $800,000 in bills toward the development of a billion-dollar proposed football stadium in St. Louis, according to a newspaper report.
Two executives with the St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority — which owns and operates the Edward Jones Dome, the Rams' current home — have authorized the hiring of or payments to more than a dozen firms involved in crafting plans for a new open-air stadium along the Mississippi River, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1OIoiuk ) reported Thursday.
Members of the St. Louis stadium task force made their case directly to NFL officials in New York last week, hoping to either keep the Rams or attract another team if owner Stan Kroenke moves the franchise to Los Angeles.