Update: The Cincinnati Ballet issued a statement Thursday afternoon saying the company had signed a “good neighbor agreement” with FC Cincinnati, which should allow city council to proceed with zoning approvals needed for the new stadium. The agreement, said the Ballet, “protects the integrity of Cincinnati Ballet for the next seventeen years, should we remain at our current location on the corner of Central Parkway, as the Agreement addresses many of our issues relating to parking access, noise, operations, and others.”



When MLS commissioner Don Garber announced last May that FC Cincinnati would be joining as the league’s next expansion team, he spoke of the stunning crowds at the club’s USL games, the support of local government and business leaders and the tremendous ownership group led by wealthy Cincinnati native Carl Lindner III.



But the ultimate selling point, Garber said, was the team’s ability to lock down a site in...