KCPowercat wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:11 pm
DColeKC wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:28 pm
I just went back and looked at the official renderings the Royals put out of East Village. We are all not even talking about the right placement of the stadium. According to those renderings, the stadium would be in between 9th and 11th streets.
Please tell me how that spot is better than East Crossroads.
Because it's an empty lot and doesn't tear down businesses. We all don't think in terms of "steps to pbr bar".
EV helps fill out our downtown loop and makes it more dense.
No, you’re not thinking of anything besides the fact that there’s a giant empty lot you want filled. However people who build things think about these things. Baseball fans who are looking for a true experience are thinking about these things. Did you know that people 35 and under are looking for “experiences” more than ever before. Simply attending the game isn’t what the target demographic wants. They want the pre-game and post-game experience. Those are the same people we are trying to draw downtown to become residents.
There shouldn’t be this push to fill in an empty space while sacrificing the best potential results. This is no difference then the people who want them to dump a billion into Kauffman and stay, despite it being a bad location and investment.
No one besides members of this forum know what the east village is. Hardly anyone even gets eyes on it. It’s a target for downtown development enthusiasts and that’s it. We have a downtown that’s been revitalized over the last 20 years and now some are wanting to build this stadium blocks away completely disjointed. Why did we do all this work to create a downtown that can support a baseball stadium just to plop it in a hole to satisfy the extreme minority?
I can care less about steps to (insert whatever bar you’re not a fan of, have never stepped inside and are not the target demo). I care about proximity to the existing billion dollar entertainment district we already have. Why? Because it’s a massive asset to the Royals and baseball fans. It will create game days that will be nearly unrivaled across the country.