What one backer called "the last piece" of a long-unsolved puzzle has fallen into place as Des Moines City Council approved a $7 million tax increment financing deal for a pro soccer stadium on a remediated Superfund site adjacent to downtown Des Moines.

Approval of the agreement to help finance the Pro Iowa stadium and a companion events plaza across Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway from downtown's Western Gateway came unanimously without discussion during the council's Monday, Dec. 8, meeting.

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