[3] The proposed stadium location was roughly ten minutes away from downtown St. Louis, by the I-255/I-70/I-55 interchange.

All plans to begin construction had been in place, and the city of Collinsville had approved the project.

[5] As such, Saint Louis Athletica, the area's WPS team, began the league's first season in 2009 at Ralph Korte Stadium in Edwardsville, Illinois, but moved across the Mississippi River during the season to the Anheuser-Busch Center in Fenton, Missouri.

Eventually St. Louis was awarded a Major League Soccer team but to a different ownership in a different location.

The team plays at Energizer Park next to Union Station in downtown St. Louis.