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A committee Taxpayers are closer to paying for the St. Louis Cardinals Stadium

April 4, 2001
By: Michelle Wirth
State Capital Bureau

St. Louis Taxpayers could be a step closer to paying to build a new St. Louis Cardinals stadium. Michelle Wirth has more from Jefferson City.

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The bill would make St. Louis and Missouri taxpayers pay to build a new Cardinals stadium. The Senate committee reached an agreement with Cardinals owners allowing the money gained from the naming rights to go stadium maitenance and upkeep. Senator Gibbons, the head of the Senate committee dealing with the bill says the bill is not dead by any means.

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What were trying to do in the committee is address that if something is going to pass weÿ20want to do something that's a good position a reasonable position for the taxpayers. And I believe that we can achieve that.

Gibbons says that the Senate Committee hopes to vote on the bill by next Tuesday.

There are still plenty of Innings left for the St. Louis Cardinals bill in the Missouri Senate, according to the bill's sponsor. Michelle Wirth has more from Jefferson City.

With only seven weeks left in this years legislative session, there's concern whether the Cardinals Bill will make it out of the ballpark. Senator John Scott says there's still plenty of time to get the bill passed.

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We have about seven weeks, there is still plenty of time to deal with the bill.

The bill is currently in committee. If it passes, it could face a Missouri Senate vote by

the middle of next week. From Jefferson City, I'm Michelle Wirth.

The Cardinals say they need a new house...and lawmakers are listening. Michelle Wirth has more from Jefferson City.

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A Senate committee worked with Cardinals owners on corporate sponsorship of the new ball park. St. Louis and Missouri taxpayers would still pay to build the new Cardinals stadium. Senator Mike Gibbons, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, says the bill was given new life.

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We've certainly got something to work with, where before we didn't.

Gibbons says the committee hopes to take a vote by Tuesday. He says there's still plenty of time for the bill to pass the Senate. From Jefferson City, I'm Michelle Wirth.