Over the decades, developers and city officials have had high hopes for the area directly north of the Edward Jones Dome.
Various phases and projects for the Bottle District, named in an attempt to play off of the city's bottling and brewing heritage, have been proposed. One included a $290 million, 16-acre mixed-use project with high-rise condos and office space.
Most recently, Developer Paul McKee and Clayco had control of the land. In 2012, McKee unsuccessfully attempted to add the area to his heavily subsidized NorthSide Regeneration project, which includes some parcels of land being showcased to the federal government for the NGA facility.
Today, the Bottle District remains vacant. Renderings show some of the empty land would be parking for the NFL stadium project.