Asked about the speculation Tuesday, Mayor Lyda Krewson said she was “not aware of a solid proposal.”

“There’s not a serious proposal I’m aware of on the table right now,” Krewson said by phone. “I think everybody would like to figure out how to make it work but we’re not there.”

Krewson said she hasn’t spoken with the investors specifically about the stadium since a few days after the April 4 election.

But if there is a “Plan B,” Krewson said she doesn’t want it to involve the city owning the stadium so that officials don’t feel obligated in the future to fund renovations. She pointed to the city’s ownership of Scottrade Center and how that fact was used to sway aldermen to approve more than $60 million in renovations in February.

“I’ll listen to whatever, but it’s my preference the city doesn’t own any stadium,” Krewson said.

The proposed stadium site is on state-owned land just west of Union Station.

The league is expanding from 24 teams to 28, and two of those new franchises are expected to be announced late this year. St. Louis remains one of 12 candidates for those four slots because SC STL submitted an application to the league, but there is almost no chance of being selected without an updated stadium funding plan.

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