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The Post-Dispatch obtains an early Ballpark Village plan that includes a 20-story apartment building, three mid-rise apartment buildings with street level retail and potentially rooftop seating, a landscaped, outdoor plaza just north of the new ballpark, a partly underground baseball museum, the city's largest underground parking garage and an aquarium featuring walk-through tunnels in fish tanks. The plan would cover six blocks.
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As city officials scurry to complete the stadium deal, they dramatically scale-down their version of the village concept -- and give no guarantee that the city will ever get the development that they had originally envisioned. The two blocks guaranteed to be developed include office buildings, a Cardinals museum and a few retail shops, but very little housing.
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Cardinals announce partnership with Cordish Co. of Baltimore to develop Ballpark Village.
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Cardinals begin demolition of old Busch Stadium, future spot of Ballpark Village.
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New Busch Stadium opens.
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Cardinals, Cordish announce deal with Mayor Francis Slay to fund project. Revised Ballpark Village plans call for a $387 million entertainment district with more than $100 million in tax incentives. The new plan includes six blocks of stores, condos, a grocery store, a pair of "celebrity chef" restaurants, a Cardinals museum, boutique shops and a bowling alley.
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Commissioner Bud Selig announces that Busch Stadium will be the host for the 2009 All-Star Game.
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The Board of Aldermen give final approval to the Ballpark Village plan.
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Centene Corp. says it will move its headquarters to Ballpark Village from Clayton in a $250 million project that includes office space and shops.
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For the first time, both development partners in the $387 million Ballpark Village are saying it's unlikely that a significant portion of the project will be completed in time for the All-Star Game in July 2009.
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After months of unsuccessfull negotiations, the Centene deal falls apart with the city and co-developers blaming each other. The Clayton-based health care company remains relatively silent, as it had throughout.
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A revised proposal for Ballpark Village is released. It is similar to the 2006 proposal, but allows the developers to drop some of it, if they want.
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Faced with the threat of fines by the city's building department, some site work - such as excavating the piers from the previous stadium and grading - is done.
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Developers get preliminary approval for a revised plan that would give them three years to sell bonds to start construction and more time to use taxes generated by the project to cover the bonds.
