St. Louis lags, and will continue to lag, far behind in the economic drivers that are necessary for sustained success of an NFL franchise.

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Compared to all other U.S. cities, St. Louis is struggling. One recent study reports that St. Louis ranks 490 out of 515 U.S. cities and 61st among the 64 largest U.S. cities in economic growth in recent years. That same study reported that St. Louis had the lowest rate of population growth of any major U.S. city from 2008 to 2014 – registering a loss of 1.74 percent of its citizens while most cities registered gains. Thus, the City of St. Louis ranks near the bottom of all U.S. cities of any size in terms of economic and population growth.

Any NFL Club that signs on to this (new stadium) proposal in St. Louis will be well on the road to financial ruin, and the League will be harmed.

Shitty time to be a St. Louis fan.

First you lose two starters to the Cubbies and then getting shit on by their final NFL team.

From what I've read about it, the Rams are in no way assured of getting approved for the LA team. So there's a solid chance they are gonna have to stay in STL for a bit longer. That would be so great.

Shitty time to be a St. Louis fan.

First you lose two starters to the Cubbies and then getting shit on by their final NFL team.

Could go back to them getting eliminated from the post season by the Cubs

But they had a good 100 or so years before that