St. Louis submits formal proposal before deadline

ST. LOUIS -- One day before the NFL's deadline to accept stadium proposals from the three home markets vying to keep their teams, St. Louis submitted the most comprehensive and actionable plan of the three.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon's stadium task force submitted a formal proposal for the estimated $1.1 billion venue on the city's north riverfront Tuesday morning.

The proposal was addressed to the six owners on the NFL's Los Angeles Opportunities Committee and copies were also sent to commissioner Roger Goodell, Rams owner Stan Kroenke and team executives, and the rest of the NFL owners. Task force leaders Dave Peacock and Bob Blitz have been working on the project for more than a year and,…