@SBJ KC is not a soccer capital. I can name half a dozen cities who have spent hundreds of millions on soccer the last few years alone
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The Kansas City metro area has invested $650M over 15 years to become America’s soccer capital, alongside a $165M budget for the FIFA World Cup ⚽
Since winning the 2022 bid, the city built a new airport, leased 200 buses and renovated the Kansas City Chiefs stadium to prepare for the tournament.
Via @WSJ | ow.ly/5w2F50YExRC
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@dfreshmode @MichaelaB_22 @Ben_Baby None of those are downtown. Literally what I said in my message about “other parts of the city”
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@PerfectFratGuy @MichaelaB_22 @Ben_Baby You were saying?
One of them was BEHIND THE POLICE STATION NEAR SOULARD. Get the fuck out of here, Saint Louis is safe my fuckin ass.
KMOV@KMOV
Two people are dead and three people were injured Friday in three separate shootings in St. Louis City. firstalert4.com/2026/04/04/2-d…
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I was stunned at the state of downtown St. Louis when I was there a couple of weeks ago.
Ballpark Village is great. But city leaders need to have some major questions about how that downtown is in its current state.
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
"There's never anybody walking around in downtown St. Louis. Remember the old neutron bomb that wouldn't knock down buildings but just would eliminate all the people? It's like one of those hit St. Louis" – Gary Cohen
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@Slowpokeoak @twelcher15 It has not worsened in 20 years. The 2000s STL has been the same. We’re not comparing the 60s to today or something
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@PerfectFratGuy @twelcher15 STL's reputation, especially downtown, has worsened in the last 20+ years. STL is not perceived as a destination city at this time for the FF. There's a lot of "ifs" associated with STL, but STL can't get out of its own way to address those issues properly.
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Interesting concept.
Jacob Cersosimo@JacobCersosimo
"facility, funding, & destination" It's been 21 years since St. Louis has hosted the Final Four. During that time, Indianapolis has had the Final Four five times. Why can't STL get the event again? The short answer is The Dome can't compete with new NFL stadiums. @KMOV
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@Slowpokeoak @twelcher15 STL reputation is no different than the last time they hosted. This city has hosted other big time NCAA events including the Frozen Four just last year. The only thing stopping a competitive bid is upgraded facilities, if STL had that they would be in running along w/ anyone
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@twelcher15 1) STL can come up with $20M; 2) The Dome sucks; 3) STL is not a destination city; 4) STL has a BAD perception around the country; 5) And this guy knows it's more than an up-hill battle for STL - why do you think he's smiling throughout the interview - he knows the truth.
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@racerx150 @ArtLippo2 The airport hub loss was because TWA merged with American. Blame Ronald Reagan and that admin for loosening anti-trust laws which has resulted in the Wild West of mergers the last 30 yrs, un proportionally affecting Midwest cities losing HQs to coast
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@ArtLippo2 Remember St. Louis Centre, The Landing, all the restaurants around Busch II?
Politicians are greedy and pushing business out. We have no news agencies downtown. All but a few large corporations have gone which affects everything including our cruddy airport which we had a hub.
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City has been ran by dipshits for 50+ years and we’re seeing the effects. It’s not safe whatsoever and zero reason to go downtown compounded by all the sports teams being shit and on TV.
Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
"There's never anybody walking around in downtown St. Louis. Remember the old neutron bomb that wouldn't knock down buildings but just would eliminate all the people? It's like one of those hit St. Louis" – Gary Cohen
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@RGreggKeller Those census numbers are way off - they mark down population for every demolished building, even if it’s been vacant for years/decades. Detroit sued on this and posted a gain. Until the census corrects its data it’s a flawed count across US cities
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The population of St. Louis (City) is now closer to 250,000, btw. Declined another 8% in recently-released Census numbers. Democrats have had exclusive political control of it for almost 80 years. I’m sure those two things are completely unrelated, though.
Scott Greer 6’2” IQ 187@ScottMGreer
In 1950, St. Louis was one of America's largest cities and an economic powerhouse. Today, its population has dwindled from its 50s high of roughly 850,000 to under 300,000 today. Hardly anyone wants to move there. Few cities symbolize American decline better than St. Louis.
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@BeAccountable4u Yet the Republican in office is telling folks that he can’t run Medicare and is causing wars in Iran that spike gas prices.
Honestly both political parties are a joke. It’s time for a new party to come in
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Voting different would solve this problem
CityScene STL@CitySceneSTL
I’ve never seen people hate on a City as much as St. Louis, especially hated on by “locals”. And by “locals”, I mean those West County and St. Charles County residents who wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for the City but would love for the City to be completely leveled.
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@tdibianca @Ben_Baby And notice every new NFL stadium is now reducing capacity into the 60s just like the Dome. The new Arrowhead, Bills stadium, etc will be smaller than current. The Dome used to be a smaller venue compared to 70-80k seaters elsewhere. Today’s NFL it would fit in with the average.
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@PerfectFratGuy @Ben_Baby The Rams were bottom three in attendance aside from one year (4th worst) in the eight years leading up to the relo.
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Everybody within a 30-mile radius of downtown St. Louis needs to have an honest and open conversation as to why it’s that way.
A major U.S. downtown should not look like that.
Ms. Cakes@patycake15
@Ben_Baby Yup Downtown STL has been on the decline for a while
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@RobProvince @chorizoandbeer @Ben_Baby Also the county actually needs it more than the city. The county has been in budget deficit for a few years, the city is at a surplus. Having city tax come to STL county would help with the budget
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@RobProvince @chorizoandbeer @Ben_Baby Well a few years ago it was a complete merger meaning the city limits would stretch all the way to Chesterfield. People are way more against that. Adding STL city back to the county does not change anyone living outside of the city in the county.
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@chorizoandbeer @RealRandyMan @Ben_Baby That building in STL is replacing the old Millenium hotel that’s been closed since 2014
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@chorizoandbeer @RealRandyMan @Ben_Baby Cordish Company in partnership with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation. Cordish has built Ballpark Village and the surrounding office/residential tower in STL. They’ve built the similar scale power and light buildings in KC, Texas Live, the Battery in ATL, and a few others
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It’s a shame that this and NYCFC’s stadium didn’t get finished in time for the World Cup.
Both deserve games IMO.
MessiXtra@MessiXtraHQ
They built this beautiful stadium in just under 950 days. This is what $1B got us. 🔥😭
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@benduchek @aaron_renn Blame Ronald Reaganomics for loosening anti trust laws. It’s screwed over so many middle American cities by losing HQs through mergers in the last 30+ years. TWA was a casualty in this
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@aaron_renn Frustrating they didn't fight more to keep the hub when TWA got bought.
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Its airport is a good example of how St. Louis is now a tertiary city. No longer a hub. Basically as similar traffic to other Midwestern two millionish cities on a per capita basis.
St. Louis Business Journal@stlouisbiz
Though legacy carriers like American and United won’t establish hubs at Lambert, the airport’s leader says opportunity remains with Southwest Airlines. bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2…
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@GeorgeJourneys @aaron_renn @razibkhan No. STL has many more Fortune 500s, and even KC lost a major HQ w/ sale of Centene to Oracle. Also STL just grew its international flights to Europe from 0 to 2 w/ Lufthansa and British Airways prior to any airport renovation. KC built a new airport; 0 international flights
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@aaron_renn @razibkhan Kansas City is now more important than St. Louis and the gap is widening.
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@aaron_renn An example why the federal government under Reagan created the American dystopia today by loosening anti-trust laws. The merger boom happened and inland cities saw HQs get gobbled up by the coasts. TWA gobbled up by American. Now we have boom/bust cities vs a median for all
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@bigga_house @jklein0004 @RaceSheets @awfulannouncing This is true of every city east of the Rockies not named NYC/Miami. 1950s baby boomers moved to the suburbs. Many Midwest cities attempted to capture the pop by expanding city limits. STL couldn’t as it split from county. STL city limits are 66 sq miles compared to 508 in county
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@jklein0004 @RaceSheets @awfulannouncing The question is why is nobody downtown/in the city of St. Louis?
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"There's never anybody walking around in downtown St. Louis. Remember the old neutron bomb that wouldn't knock down buildings but just would eliminate all the people? It's like one of those hit St. Louis" – Gary Cohen
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@chorizoandbeer @Ben_Baby STL County actually just proposed a merger for the city to rejoin a month ago. Will it go anywhere not sure but there’s now been 2 merger efforts in 5 years. It will happen, mostly cuz rejoining the county doesn’t change the city limits and just consolidates a bunch of services
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@Ben_Baby It’s a century and half long problem with no clear resolution path. Very sad. stlmag.com/news/politics/…
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@tdibianca @Ben_Baby They got sued for nearly $800M, they weren’t innocent in the fraud they committed. The Rams had even better attendance than the pre-Burrow Bengals
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@chorizoandbeer @RealRandyMan @Ben_Baby Detroit is cutoff via highways, its downtown build growth is no different than STL. STL is building this along the arch grounds/river front from an old hotel site. How many Midwest cities are adding to their skylines?
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@RealRandyMan @Ben_Baby Sounds like you haven’t been to Detroit in over a decade. Downtown is booming. St. Louis downtown is not.
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