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November 20, 2002
Another $29m for St. Louis stadium
The St. Louis Cardinals picked up more public money for their planned stadium yesterday when the Missouri Development Finance Board approved issuing $29 million in tax credits for the team. The Cards still need to scrounge up a daunting $275 million in private investments toward the $400-million-plus project, plus convince St. Louis County to kick in $45 million in hotel taxes.