21.   Phoenix politicians last Feburary passed a bill approving a tax to provide funding for a downtown stadium if a franchise were to be awarded.

22.   She heard about the minor league baseball team coming to a new downtown stadium.

23.   That blueprint, released after a yearlong study, makes only a fleeting reference to a downtown stadium.

24.   That stadium advisory committee argued that locating a downtown stadium would overcrowd streets and hurt property values in struggling neighborhoodsnearby.

25.   The Bengals reside in a sparkling new downtown stadium but have ruined its opening season with poor play and double-digit losses.

26.   The downtown stadium is a dome without a home team since the NFL snubbed St. Louis in its recent expansion.

27.   The original plan for a downtown stadium limited construction to an area bounded by Fillmore, Garfield, Fourth and Seventh streets.

28.   The owners raised money for an inner-city movie theater and plan to build a new downtown stadium that includes a learning center.

29.   The only button in Kansas City hotter than the downtown stadium talk is the proposal to build a light rail public transit system.

30.   Then one day, the owner announced he wanted a new downtown stadium.