ST. LOUIS • A leader of the local effort to build a new riverfront stadium insisted on Wednesday that the region is in charge of its own destiny and can keep a National Football League team in St. Louis regardless of Rams owner Stan Kroenke's efforts to move to Los Angeles.
"The only thing that can get in our way is ourselves, as a region," said Dave Peacock, co-leader of Gov. Jay Nixon's stadium task force. "If we can come together, we can get this done."
Peacock spoke in response to this week's NFL meeting, during which Kroenke captivated team owners with his plan to build a new home for the Rams in Inglewood, Calif.