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St. Louis 7th-Ward Alderman, Jack Coatar, joined The Press Box on Thursday to give his thoughts on Tuesday’s vote regarding the downtown soccer stadium proposal that will determine whether or not the city will get an MLS team.
Read some excerpts and listen to the full interview below:
Do you think Proposition 1 (Metrolink expansion) and Proposition 2 (MLS stadium) will pass on Tuesday?
“I think it’s going to be a close vote, but I think there’s some momentum behind these things. You’ve really seen it the last few weeks, people are talking about these propositions and getting very excited.”
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How many people do you think will vote on Tuesday in St. Louis?
“I think turnout will be pretty low. I would expect turnout to be in the range (of 18 percent). Number of votes, that’s probably a little over 30,000 votes for the whole city.”
Do you think a low turnout helps the MLS stadium efforts?
“Your municipal general election voters generally are pretty informed…so they’re going to show up knowing one way or another whether they support this proposition. I think probably a low turnout probably helps Props 1 and 2.”
Alderman Jack Coatar on St. Louis MLS stadium prop: The tax that will be funding MLS expansion is a tax on businesses. @Frank_Cusumano
— Brenden Schaeffer (@bschaeffer12) March 30, 2017
.@Frank_Cusumano Alderman Coatar: "There will be no cuts to existing city services as a result. We're talking about taking incremental growth in that tax."
— Brenden Schaeffer (@bschaeffer12) March 30, 2017
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