Eagle Stadium Plan in Place

Philadelphia’s baseball and football teams will remain in place for another 30 years under a $1.01 billion stadium plan Mayor John F. Street proposed Thursday to the City Council.

No increase in city taxes is planned to cover the city’s $305 million contribution, Street said. State grants will cover $170 million, the Eagles will pay $310 million and the Phillies $172 million. The source of the remaining $54 million in revenue has not yet been determined.

The plan could be approved as early as Dec. 14, two weeks after a Nov. 30 deadline that was agreed to by the Eagles and the city. Under that deal, a stadium plan would have to be in place or the city would be responsible for at least $80 million in renovations to Veterans Stadium and the entire cost of the Eagles’ $23 million practice facility.

Eagle owner Jeffrey Lurie said the team would not enforce the deadline and that the only important date now is the opening of the 2003 season in the new stadium.

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