I thought this to be an interesting read about St Louis and how they are handling the hosting of tonights All Star game.
Extreme Makeover: All-Star Edition: St. Louis is cleaning house for the midsummer classic, but is it, well, lipstick on a pig?
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2009-07-08/news/extreme-makeover-all-star-edition-st-louis-cleaning-house-for-midsummer-classic-but-is-it-lipstick-on-pig/1
It is like the Super Bowl in Jacksonville. Anybody get a chuckle when they see the empty building on Bay Street by the arena that still has the signs on it from it was turned into a temporary club for SB39 in February of 2005?