Update: The story has been updated to include statements from the city counselor and city Comptroller Darlene Green.The St. Louis Blues owners can't renovate the Scottrade Center with taxpayers' money, because that would violate the state constitution, a new lawsuit argues.
The $64 million project was approved by the city's Board of Aldermen in February. Work has already begun, but the lawsuit claims the aldermen voted for the deal under the false premise that the city owns the arena and is responsible for its upkeep.
"That's false," says Alderwoman Cara Spencer, who brought the suit along with former City Counselor James Wilson and former state Rep. Jeanette Oxford.…