trailerkid wrote:
Although I wasn't downtown for the Britney concert, I saw the scene.
I'm going to continue to reiterate the fact that P+L NEEDS more events, residents, conventioneers and hotels immediately around it. There is no way the nightlife/restaurant/kc live scene can fully succeed without more general activity around it. It is a tourist district and the city needs to engineer plans for its future success on the investment made. I am not making these points because the place was dead last night, but because it wasn't brimming with life and I see the possibilities.
I've posted a while back that of all these things needed to bring more people in, the only one Cordish has direct control of is more KC Live events. P&L isn't itself enough of a draw, at least enough to keep it busy daily. More events are needed (Midland, Sprint, Bartle, Municipal, Music Hall, etc) but Cordish can only control KC Live events. They need to add events Sun-Wed evenings, when the district is least busy.
More residents/hotels/retail stores are needed but can't be counted on anytime soon. KC Live events can be a more easily executable near term solution (compared to other options).