Cardinals unveil latest Ballpark Village plan

Looks like a cool project that will leave for Anaheim in ten years.

The Cardinals unveiled their latest plan for Ballpark Village on Monday. It is smaller than the last one, but one that the Cardinals say is more likely to succeed.

The baseball team and its development partners showed off a 100,000-square foot retail and entertainment complex to be built north of Busch Stadium, anchored by a team Hall of Fame and big outdoor event space. On the rest of the 10-acre site, they will lay the groundwork for future development.
It’s decidedly less ambitious than earlier visions of the project, which has been on the drawing board for more than a decade with no real progress — a sore spot for both the Cardinals and the city.

But unlike those efforts, stressed Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III, this version is fully-financed, largely pre-leased, and attainable despite the weak economy.

“I’m excited about this,” he said. “I think our package is coming together at the right time.”