My thoughts on us getting a basketball and/or football team in the future

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So I saw a post on the KC sub about new Portland Trail Blazers owner Tom Dundon considering relocation in the next 5 years or so probably, and that KC and Saint Louis would probably be the front runners for them. Now in my opinion, if it came down to those 2, it would be us, mainly since Richard Chaifetz, yes, THE Richard Chaifetz who is the biggest donor by FAR to SLU’s basketball teams and has the flipping ARENA named after him, is an executive with the Dundon Group(led by Tom Dundon)who purchased the Blazers back in May. If it came down to the Dundon Group’s execs voting, it would probably lean towards us getting the team due to Richard’s influence. Now, when it comes to the NFL, once the league eventually expands to 36 or 40 teams, we cannot be missed. The only issue is that we do not have the funds NOR the space for a new stadium, since no new team would want the musty old Dome. The only ways in my opinion is if we build a stadium where the Dome is now and demolish that or build one by where NCR Field would’ve been(or on the opposite side in Kosciusko). But that’s just my take personally, hopefully 20 years from now I’ll be looking back on this post with STL being a Big 4 city.

Posted Jul 23, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC

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