St. Louis MLB All-Star logo

Since Ballpark Village is finally underway (note the sarcasm), I guess its time to think about the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Or at least, that’s what Major League baseball seems to think. The Post Dispatch just revealed the logo for next year’s big game. Its kind of sad to think that we’ll be happy if the Village has even gotten off the ground by then. At one point, the first phase was supposed to be done by the game. Just trying to keep things in scale.

Ballpark Village site work begins

The Post Dispatch is reporting that the Cardinals will begin site work on the future site of Ballpark Village on Tuesday, August 5th. I was listening to the ballgame on the radio the other day and Mike Shannon kept talking about a big announcement coming this Tuesday. I was hoping for something a little more than this, but I guess its better than the status quo. Check out the article for yourself: Work could begin soon on Ballpark Village site

Note on Chouteau’s Landing

I went to my first Cardinals game of 2008 last night. It was a little chilly for baseball, but it was great to see the team pull out a victory and move to 10-4 (who’s laughing now ESPN?). Though the sports fan in me kept most of my attention on the game, I couldn’t help but occasionally take my eyes off the action to look at the crater known as “Pujol’s Pond” beyond center field. Read more

A few words on Ballpark Village

Since I was in the middle of transferring my blog last week when the big story broke that Centene was backing out of the Ballpark Village project in Downtown St. Louis, I figured I’d post a few thoughts on the situation. Everyone seems to have their own spin on what this means for the project, but it is pretty clear that it is going to have a pretty significant affect on the overall development. Read more

More on the fate of Ballpark Village

Just a quick follow up on yesterday’s post about Centene potentially bailing out on the Ballpark Village deal. The St. Louis Post Dispatch posted a similar article in today’s paper. Looks like the situation is serious. Click here to check out the full article.

Ballpark Village - Centene project on the rocks

In the realm of über development projects in St. Louis, the Ballpark Village project next to Busch Stadium is probably the most prominent. The St. Louis Cardinals are required to develop the land and have been working with developer, Cordish, for what’s seemingly been an eternity. Last September, Clayton-based health care company Centene Corporation announced that they would be relocating their headquarters to the Village site. The pic to the right is the rumored design proposal. Development nerds, like myself, city-wide rejoiced.

Six months later, the picture isn’t looking as rosie. What was once a “sure thing” could be in danger. Most of this is only rumor at this point, but KMOX reported on the situation this morning and it doesn’t sound that great. Apparently Centene is bumping heads with Cordish on various aspects of the project. KMOX is claiming that the fate of the project might be determine in the next few weeks. You can listen to the report yourself here.

This report along with Mayor Slay’s blog entry on the matter in January, lends some credence to the belief that Cordish is rubbing everyone the wrong way. Lets just hope they can work something out. Not only are the residential and commercial components of this project a big deal, but we could really use an influx of new jobs Downtown. I was really hoping Centene’s move Downtown was a sign of things to come. Here’s to hoping.

To keep up on all the rumors and gossip, check out this thread on Urban St. Louis.