Watchers pronounced the St. Louis MLS expansion bid dead once the funding measure failed, yet remained silent that the tax hike passed. Opponents told me they voted no because of only the suburbs, out of St. Louis tax-collection reach, wanted the stadium.
We had to ignore that the stadium would attract vans of soccer families, paying entertainment taxes.
St. Louis MLS expansion got quiet
Supporters got quiet in the following months. But I always sensed a bit of Daniel Boone in them. He said in 1784, “I can’t say as ever I was lost, but I was bewildered once…”
MLS
picks two expansion teams in December.