Busch Stadium Question

[soccer10k]

Does anybody know if the Cards or the city are planning on doing anything about the area past the left centerfield wall? It's just a big dirt area right now and looks fairly ugly. I'm sure they have something planned but I was curious if anybody knew exactly.

[Brian34Cook]

Gonna be some Cardinals Hall of Fame building thing going there..

[ManCrushOnNomar]

I thought that was supposed to be the Baseball Village out there. I'd heard rumor they were going to have apartments that look into the stadium ala Wrigley.

[wolf stansson]

Yeah they are doing both of those things.

[bhogg]

Finally, the bowling hall of fame will not have to share the spot light with the cardinal hall of fame ;)

[mjohnson71]

The Cardinals and St. Louis city have hired the same developer who redid the inner harbor in Baltimore. As I understand it that very ugly looking lot will be the home to three condo buildings and one office building along with restaurants and shops.

 

Supposedly the two condo building that look into the stadium are heavily sold before they even break ground. Also rumored is an ESPNZone overpriced tourist trap/restaurant.

 

I've been to St. Louis for the last two Cubs/Cards series. Back in April it looked like they were using that lot as a staging area to complete Busch III. But now that Busch III is 95% complete it looks like all the construction equipment is being removed.

 

I thought I've read St. Louis won't get an All-Star game until they break ground and have significant progress on the Ballpark Village.

 

Finally, the bowling hall of fame will not have to share the spot light with the cardinal hall of fame ;)

 

I believe the Bowling Hall of Fame is being torn down.