Edward Jones Dome payment would be added back into 2017 budget

An aerial view of the Edward Jones Dome on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. Photo by Cristina Fletes-Boutte, cfletes-boutte@post-dispatch.comJEFFERSON CITY • Missouri lawmakers plan to reinstate the $12 million Edward Jones Dome payment in next year's budget after Gov. Jay Nixon gave his word that money wouldn't be put toward a new stadium in St. Louis.

But if Nixon's administration enters into a financing agreement for a stadium anyway, House Budget Vice Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick, R-Shell Knob, said Wednesday he is "going to come unhinged."

Earlier this month, a House committee stripped the dome's bond and maintenance payment in the 2017 budget year that begins July 1. But House Budget Leader Tom…