KCRag Forum

beautyfromashes wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:01 pm The CBA is like a person robbing a bank of gold and then giving a bar to the security guard on the way out to look the other way.

The teams are asking for tax dollars, just the cost of doing business with tax dollars. Of course if the teams financed on their own no need for these agreements.

"Let's further lay the ground work by... - Mandating new subdivisions resemble old neighborhoods down in the city. Have a mix of detached single-family, row homes, and small apartment buildings lining new streets that are laid out in a grid. - Main avenues should automatically be higher-density...

I'm sure they will super tif the stadium development. Basically Missouri's version of STAR bonds. It's how the P&L District was funded. Redirects EVERY bit of revenue collected from the area back to the development, that includes state taxes and KCMO's etax. State taxes? County taxes? And let's...

Reasons why no high rise construction would be quite a few. Is the demand truly there? Unless the construction is for a specific tenant why build speculatively? It seems remote work has taken hold of many businesses downtown. What are the current occupancy rates for the different classes of office s...

[ To clarify. No new taxes. Ideally revenue and property tax income pays for this and avoids hitting the general fund. In order to issue bonds, either revenue or GO, the city has to conduct a vote. That is unless the citizens have approved by prior vote the authority to issue bonds that haven't bee...

[ To clarify. No new taxes. Ideally revenue and property tax income pays for this and avoids hitting the general fund. In order to issue bonds, either revenue or GO, the city has to conduct a vote. That is unless the citizens have approved by prior vote the authority to issue bonds that haven't bee...

The city will probably issue municipal bonds that shouldn’t be paid for by the tax payers. On another topic. Have the Royals released to the public what is their planned timeline for the promised development and what its contemplated composition would be? Yes I believe it was opening day 2028 That ...

The city will probably issue municipal bonds that shouldn’t be paid for by the tax payers. Does the city currently have the bonding capacity to issue the bonds needed for city funds? If not then another vote by the city is necessary for bond issuance. If they use TIF or Super TIF bonds will the cit...

dnweava wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:05 pm
It'd be pretty weird to call a team in Nashville, "Kansas City"

Of course if the team played in the KC metro.

Besides 50+ years of history and both teams having “Kansas City” in their official names… the loss of tax revenue. The loss of synergy with KC etc. Shooting for gold, which is downtown baseball and ending up with suburban baseball- Travesty. Trying to extend the life of one of the most iconic NFL s...

DColeKC wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:17 pm I don't mean these teams may leave the metro, but they will leave "Kansas City" and that'll be a god damn, mother fucking travesty. But hey..... roads right.

Why leaving KCMO but staying in the metro area is a travesty?

If the Royals are going to get money from the city and state, it’s already been agreed upon. So, why won’t they release those numbers? Because the exact figures haven’t been confirmed and why would a political leader take a risk if they don’t need to? Mayor Lucas and Governor Parsons know that ther...

I don't think we need the details at this point on the other funding mechanisms. We're not voting on that portion. The city and state won't waste time talking numbers if the teams can't get past step one. I think it only takes some common sense to assume the city and state have privately committed ...

"That's just it, there are many out there that do not trust it will be done right. Especially not much trust in city leaders." Let me explain this more. There is a certain segment of Kansas City who definitely don't trust Mayor Lucas and other city leaders. Their take is Lucas and others a...

I mean come on, I understand wanting to have more details about the CBA and what the Royals will do for those displaced businesses but let's have some basic trust in our city leaders, architects, engineers and stakeholders who do not want to make anything worse or a massive inconvenience to do good...

I seriously doubt few if any will be open to the public unless you are handicapped. Would imagine the rest are for players and employees plus a few VIPs.

"An exhibition hall the size of eight football fields. Boasting 388,800 square feet of column-free exhibit space on one floor, Bartle Hall truly stands in a category by itself." But that is just the main hall The center also has other exhibit space that might be acceptable depending on how...

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TheUrbanRoo wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:33 pm This whole thing is just way too much about the Royals when it needs to be about the Chiefs

I don't think people are concerned about the Chiefs. If this vote fails there will soon be another structured differently.

Why isn't there a concentrated push to counter misperceptions about parking? One person's perceptions is their reality. And that reality is hard to fight. Right now in the news the woman's soccer team is going to charge $50 to park in their lot. People see that and are wondering what parking costs ...