Yeah, I get that. The studies don't take into account the intangible and quality of life effects though.
Honestly don't get why team owners can't just take out loans to pay for stadiums, but that's just how it is and KC alone can't change it.
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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
^ especially in such a regional and isolated metro like KC. Even as bad as the Royals are, every time they play the Twins, several thousand people drive in for games. And lots of people travel to KC for Royals games from across the country. If KC didn't have the stadiums, it wouldn't have other majo...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
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Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
^ cool shot I think it's looking at the structure from the street. It looks like there is nothing to it. Just beams and grand stands. But that stadium doesn't have much going on in the end zones, so that's probably why. It's not big enough for the ends of the stadium to be built out. Your pic shows ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:08 am
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
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Re: Capping the Loop
Said all along this has no chance of opening prior to the world cup. They might start construction before the WC if they are lucky. How does MO have the money to widen I-70 across the entire state when most of it doesn't need it? I-70 only needs to be six lanes to Odessa for example. Widening it fr...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
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Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Debbie Downers over here jeez. First women's soccer stadium ever! "Doesn't look good enough!" - KCRag I haven't heard any reviews from those who went but everybody downtown seemed really excited pregame. Can't wait to go check it out. It's just how it looked, I saw a video of it on youtub...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
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Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
The stadium looks unfinished or something to me. I think the stadium is neat, but the exterior looks cheap or something. I'm sure it's fine. Just a first impression.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: Capping the Loop
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Re: Capping the Loop
Said all along this has no chance of opening prior to the world cup. They might start construction before the WC if they are lucky. How does MO have the money to widen I-70 across the entire state when most of it doesn't need it? I-70 only needs to be six lanes to Odessa for example. Widening it fro...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Downtown
- Topic: New mixed use tower at 8th and Grand
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New mixed use tower at 8th and Grand
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2024/03/15/635-holdings-br-cos-hillcrest-golf-mixed-use.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=ae&utm_content=KA&j=34703800&senddate=2024-03-15&empos=p4 A private investment firm led by a Sporting Kansas City co-owner has joi...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
^ would they not close streets in East Village?
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: Kansas City Transportation
- Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
- Replies: 8095
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
I just used Paseo as an example. All of downtown's streets are way under capacity. I'm not advocating the closure of Oak, I'm simply saying that downtown KC has way more capacity than it will use in any of our lifetimes. That doesn't mean it can't bog down due to bad traffic control etc, but there i...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Need to make Main only accessible only for those accessing businesses, hotels etc on Main. Discourage through traffic on it. Right turns only. Big problem with doing that now is they have put the tracks in the curb lanes instead of center running. That means even cars using Main for local access and...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
I am just genuinely curious as to how downtown would handle say a sold out event at T-Mobile at the same time as a decent crowd at a Royals game with all the different scenarios (Oak closed or open, Walnut closed or open etc). I honestly think it would do fine even with Walnut, Oak and Grand closed....
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:47 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Has anybody done any sort of real traffic studies on this? A quick study giving you pretty decent overall results of closing streets etc would only cost like 10k. How does anybody here know what Oak will do etc? I'm not saying it should be closed or that there will be no negative impact, but I don't...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Transit is never going to improve to something more robust unless downtown becomes more of a focal point again. A downtown is stadium gives KC another reason to start building an actual LRT system. Kind of a chicken before the egg thing. At the very least, you might see some drastic improvements to ...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2024/03/13/royals-stadium-streetcar-east-crossroads.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=ae&utm_content=KA&j=34674089&senddate=2024-03-13&empos=p4 Royals said the streetcar could serve as many as 3,600 people attending game...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Honestly, that would’ve aged terribly. That rendering was never remotely realistic. Look at the seating bowl, no access upper sections from the concourse, I guess everybody just entered from the bottom and walked up to the top. I think T-Mobile looks great still today. They do need to redo the plaz...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
So many good ideas that could be done. Will the royals do any of them Remember the talk on here was active every day not just game days I don't think it would matter to 90% of those that are against it. I think they are just using "save the crossroads" as low hanging fruit where they can ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:26 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium
That building on the right went up in 2010. That was the first new tower in Nashville in decades. Then over the next 15 years the skyline has nearly tripled in size. Insane. We all know about Denver, Charlotte, Austin etc. I have a feeling the next city to boom will be Salt Lake City and possibly ev...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
- Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
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That Crossroads District actually could be one of the most amazing urban neighborhoods in the midwest or even country, if KC would just allow it to happen. I think this might be where you and, for sure, the Royals are getting it wrong. You’re saying that with your ideas this could be a great place....