Obviously the people contacted by Fox 2 News are liers and should be fired.

Why not put in one of those Lowe’s/Wal-Mart Power centers, they always seem to get the deal done. Prolly get a Q’doba and Starbuck’s in there too. It will look just like the rest of beautiful St. Louis!

An absolute joke this city has become. We should all be protesting and boycotting the Cardinals and the city of St. Louis. They are both at fault is this situation. Also, enough is enough with Mayor Slay. What has he really done for this city? Crime is still on the rise, corporations and jobs are leaving this city at an alarming pace and there is no new development to speak of except for thousands of lofts which are going to remain vacant because there is NOTHING to do downtown. I am truly embarassed to call myself a resident of St. Louis. What a joke.

Just took a peak at CNN’s top 100 cities to live and start a business in……guess who wasn’t on the list, St. Louis or anywhere is the surrounding area. I can’t for the life of me understand why………(small the sarchasm). We are the laughing stock of the midwest. I shutter to think what would happen to this town if A/B ever thought about leaving. Talk about ghost town.

not enough people will go down town and risk coming out alive . last one out turn out the lights.

I think everyone needs to calm down a little. We may have dodged a bullet here. All of the earnings tax and sales tax these Centene employees would have brought to the table would have been used to pay for the project. The city (meaning me the taxpayer) would not have profited financially from this for years - like probably 15.

Since they announced their move Centene’s stock is down 50% and they’ve had “accounting issues”. In my opinion, there is a good chance we (the taxpayer) would have built them this nice building and in less than 10 years they would have been bought and moved or had massive layoffs anyway and stuck it to the city.

You can’t say no when a Centene shows interest to move downtown, but this was never going to have a happy ending for the St. Louis taxpayer, in my opinion. We should have then, and should now, push forward with the original plan for BV and light a fire under the cardinals’ @$$ to get it done.

The mayor is doing the best with what he has to work with. Would you rather turn the clock back with Freeman Bosley Jr, or Clarence Harmon. At least there is some progress. The mayor and the city is not to blame for this situation. The Cardinals ownership group is behind schedule, and lying to the citizens of St. Louis. What are we going to do about it? GO CARDS! Buy more tickets, buy more concessions.

Ballpark Village is definitely a huge project that I do not think St. Louis is quite ready for yet. Why doesn’t the city focus on some other historic/tourist areas in St. Louis that are falling apart due to the city’s lack of attention, i.e. The Landing? It’s my favorite place to meet friends, eat, drink and listen to some great music. On the other hand, it is falling apart and could really use some of the city’s assistance. Although, I think the city can lay off some of the parking ticket deputies. They are ridiculous down there.

#56 Mike,

Excellent points. The Centene deal is over (possibly for the best). Let’s now focus on making sure the BV doesn’t also fall through.

This is much more about corruption that ineptness. Remember not long ago eminent domain was used at Gentry’s Landfill (I mean Gentry’s Landing) because the developer promised a new condo tower. The project looks worse than ever. The real investors stay away from St Louis because they know this City is all about cronyism. Until we get a new administration nothing can be accomplished in St. Louis.