Okay, rewind, reset. Let's now bring together the stories about the stadium lease
passing, with a $611 million cap
. The AP's story is "
Council Reverses Course on Stadium Lease Deal," with a good overview of what happened and why. The Post right now has "
Council Closer to Deal on Stadium" (no doubt to be updated with the final outcome of the evening), as well as "
After Day of Talks, Council Ends Up in Chaos", explain how an 8-5 defeat at 8 pm turned into a 9-4 passage at 12:40 am. Of course, this is all still contingent on the Mayor and MLB saying that the council's legislation is acceptable, which they have until March 6 to do. And even though it was written before the turnaround, you should still read Boswell's "
One Horribly Botched Play" to get a feel for the anger from MLB over the initial defeat of the lease. The WashTimes currently still has its pre-approval story, "
Council Rejects Stadium Lease," although it was written after the council returned to re-open debate and so includes some details about the eventually successful cap amendment. What a wild day. Now we wait to hear from MLB.