ST. LOUIS • A judge has scheduled the first hearing on the use of city tax dollars for a new $985 million football stadium downtown, the outcome of which will either fast-track financing — or cool its progress.
Judge David L. Dowd will hear arguments at 10 a.m., Thursday, from attorneys for the city, the Edward Jones Dome and three city residents seeking to intervene in the case.
The public board that runs the Edward Jones Dome filed suit last month in state court here, arguing that a 2002 city ordinance requiring a public vote prior to the use of tax dollars on a new stadium is “overly broad, vague and ambiguous.