[Billfred]

Originally Posted by Tim Sharp

I get it. $$$$

Any idea what use will be made of the building now?

Originally Posted by BigJ

Looks like not a ton.

http://explorestlouis.com/venue/americas-center-dome/

Originally Posted by Tim Sharp

WOW. Five scheduled events through December. Might be a ghost town soon.

Remember, as FIRST itself discovered when trying to book a western Championship, that convention bookings tend to happen 3-4 years out. And further, they've examined renovating the Dome in a way that would improve America's Center as a convention facility while removing the stadium capability.

(The University of South Carolina ended up doing a similar thing with the Carolina Coliseum, which was replaced by Colonial Life Arena a block away but couldn't be demolished because--as I was told--it was built on war bonds. After a few years of languishing as home for a doomed ECHL franchise, high school graduations, and events too cheap to use Colonial Life Arena, they ultimately gutted enough of the arena seating to expand the basketball practice facility next door. They're currently looking at converting the rest of it into classroom space and a second student union.)