Developer for $1.1B Bridgeport minor league soccer stadium still doesn’t own the land for it. While much of the focus these past few months has been on whether the entrepreneur will get about $127 million in state funds he maintains are necessary to make the $1.1 billion project a reality, there is another domino that must fall: Swanston and his Connecticut Sports Group have yet to acquire a key property. In prior interviews about his stadium redevelopment proposal, which also includes hundreds of housing units, a hotel and public recreational space, Swanston has declined to divulge particulars about efforts to purchase or otherwise control the Kossuth Street address. The question of who controls the land has to be answered before the state releases $16 million set aside last year to reimburse expenses associated with the cleanup of ground contamination there. The Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) confirmed the necessary paperwork is still being finalized for those monies, which include $8 million from the Community Investment Fund and an additional $8 million from a brownfields program.

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