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by TheSmokinPun
Mon Jul 24, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: TIME TO FREAK OUT AGAIN ABOUT CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT! THE BIG 12 IS DEAD! MAYBE!
Replies: 4611
Views: 500356

Re: TIME TO FREAK OUT AGAIN ABOUT CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT! THE BIG 12 IS DEAD! MAYBE!

Colorado seems like they could announce any day now, & the border states would all follow them easily. Just a matter of time after that disastrous press conference from the commissioner last Friday.
by TheSmokinPun
Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Status and future of the River Market area??
Replies: 3007
Views: 823186

Re: Status and future of the River Market area??

The people moving into, and living within, the environment are taking the challenge to change how they commute. We have to stop subsidizing our cities for the suburbs to come in, party, then leave. Don't cater to them as much.
by TheSmokinPun
Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:29 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: B&B Mainstreet Theater
Replies: 1477
Views: 304586

Re: B&B Mainstreet Theater

I think I remember hearing when I was there that they're just replacing the old screens with OLEDs.
by TheSmokinPun
Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:48 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Chiefs Stadium
Replies: 1485
Views: 186051

Re: New Chiefs Stadium

Nah, that really read like a "Royals really need to GTFO so we can start our new life without them next door" type comments. My take on it might have been that they could do it with or without the Royals so they need to hurry up if they want to do it together.
by TheSmokinPun
Fri Jul 21, 2023 8:53 am
Forum: Power & Light District
Topic: Grand Blvd Closures
Replies: 220
Views: 78187

Re: Grand Blvd Closures

It isn’t a complex issue if you understand one fact: cordish and the city take the lazy way out. My downtown friends will know that closing Grand hasn’t stopped the sideshows, they’ve stopped them next to cordish property. If the goal was to push them further away from cordish, it’s a job well acco...
by TheSmokinPun
Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:54 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Westport
Replies: 2832
Views: 759369

Re: Westport

I thought that concept burned itself out in 2011. I seem to remember another concept locally that never ended up opening at all long long ago.
by TheSmokinPun
Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Status and future of the River Market area??
Replies: 3007
Views: 823186

Re: Status and future of the River Market area??

They are frozen doughnuts though. Always been a bit disappointed by that.
by TheSmokinPun
Wed Jul 12, 2023 8:32 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9207
Views: 10200269

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

People hold it, Dodger Stadium, & Angel Stadium in the same regard of highly renovated 60s baseball only parks, built in the style of the cookie cutter. They actually turned out a lot better than the multiuse ones. But I feel like no one would really fight too hard to replace all 3, not the same...
by TheSmokinPun
Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Drive Thru @ 520 Southwest Blvd.
Replies: 17
Views: 2167

Re: Drive Thru @ 520 Southwest Blvd.

I don't think a single one of the out of the box franchise designs Whataburger has would possibly ever fit into that space. The ones here have those stupid Chick-Fil-A style drive thrus with multiple lanes. Only looks to me like a Scooter's or Dutch Bros could really make anything work in that spot ...
by TheSmokinPun
Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:55 pm
Forum: North of the River
Topic: Hot Rocks Pizza
Replies: 18
Views: 4166

Re: Hot Rocks Pizza

My whole family got food poisoning from here. Worst I've ever had in my life. I'll never return. Pizza wasn't that good anyways. A 4 1/2 star rating on Yelp. Apparently the overwhelming majority disagree. Yelp isn't the be all, end all people think. Everyone is allowed their opinion & they don'...
by TheSmokinPun
Thu Jul 06, 2023 1:10 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9207
Views: 10200269

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Yeah, I'll be glad to rid myself of the usual thing I hear from other baseball fans from around the globe. "You've got a great baseball stadium for a bad team in the middle of a disastrous interstate highway."
by TheSmokinPun
Sun Jul 02, 2023 9:49 am
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham
Replies: 479
Views: 284207

Re: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham

Don't know what you're talking about on the Uptown, they've had a great last year with more to come. I think I've got tickets to like 3 upcoming shows there & I rarely go to concerts. American Idol era has-beens and tribute bands is all I see. I honestly haven't been to that venue for several y...
by TheSmokinPun
Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham
Replies: 479
Views: 284207

Re: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham

I have to admit that I haven't been the new Record Bar location (I know, it's not really "new") but I wonder if this would be a better location that would allow larger shows, perhaps a partnership with the new developer? Mammoth books Crossroads KC and the Granada in LFK... they will book...
by TheSmokinPun
Fri Jun 30, 2023 3:37 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham
Replies: 479
Views: 284207

Re: Martini Corner near 31st/Gilham

I saw a show there in 2007, bizarre.
by TheSmokinPun
Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Kansas City Sports
Topic: GO ROYALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replies: 11219
Views: 1301824

Re: GO ROYALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The farm is depleted & there are serious fundamental issues between the way the players are managed vs the way they're treated elsewhere. It's shocking how many guys have left to immediate success elsewhere. They are in a very seriously bad rut. They hit the rebuild alarm at the end of 2017 &...
by TheSmokinPun
Fri Jun 30, 2023 1:13 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9207
Views: 10200269

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The rolling roof is a boondoggle that will scare people away from the deal but I could honestly see them try one last time. I'm not interested, can't afford SB tix & so many other things should take precedent over additional financing for a silly roof for a once in a blue moon event.
by TheSmokinPun
Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:39 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9207
Views: 10200269

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Can somebody walk me through the economics of abandoning the Jackson Co. money? Or does this remain a gambit to make sure JaCo voters renew the tax so as to not "lose" the Royals. I mean it's either the riskiest move they could make by alienating KC/Jackson County, or it really was just a...
by TheSmokinPun
Thu Jun 29, 2023 10:02 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 9207
Views: 10200269

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The John Sherman press conference is going much worse for them than expected.
by TheSmokinPun
Tue Jun 27, 2023 1:26 pm
Forum: Urban Core
Topic: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)
Replies: 6021
Views: 1586136

Re: Plaza move-ins (ongoing)

Are we really going to start posting sensationalized local news, eh?
by TheSmokinPun
Sun Jun 25, 2023 1:11 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium
Replies: 230
Views: 137680

Re: New Riverfront Women's Soccer Stadium

Natural grass & I think they're not looking at other tenants because they mainly want concerts. Poor field will get wrecked the first few years, SKC's took like 5 years to take root.