Riverside

KC0KEK · Post by **KC0KEK** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:23 am

Riverside is on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal in an article on the pros and cons of casinos. I can't post it here because it's copyrighted, but it's worth checking out.

KCN · Post by **KCN** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 1:48 pm

Do you have a link?

Rev · Post by **Rev** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 2:27 pm

KCNorthlander wrote:Do you have a link?

I think the Wall Street Journal requires a paid subscription to view the online edition. If you want to check it out, I think the site is www.wsj.com.

KC0KEK · Post by **KC0KEK** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:36 pm

Right. I have a subscription to the on-line version, so posting the link won't do any good. But if you're near a newsstand or library, you can check out the print version of the article.

Slappy the Wang · Post by **Slappy the Wang** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:03 pm

KC0KEK wrote:Right. I have a subscription to the on-line version, so posting the link won't do any good. But if you're near a newsstand or library, you can check out the print version of the article.

Or you could sack up and cut & paste.

JBinKC · Post by **JBinKC** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:42 am

Riverside has got to be the biggest disappointment North of th River. Look at NKC and how well all the casino money has been managed there. They are definitely going in the right direction. Conversely, Riverside is still a sh!thole. I know they have a nice new park that was horribly designed, and they have plans for a big box development near Parkville, but please clean up the mess you already have!! Seriously, build some sidewalks, curbs, storm sewers, invest in some community buildings and develop your riverfront. There's no reason w/ the casino and parkville on one side, and briarcliff on the other that they can't clean up their act.

Slappy the Wang · Post by **Slappy the Wang** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 10:58 am

JBinKC wrote:Riverside has got to be the biggest disappointment North of th River. Look at NKC and how well all the casino money has been managed there. They are definitely going in the right direction. Conversely, Riverside is still a sh!thole. I know they have a nice new park that was horribly designed, and they have plans for a big box development near Parkville, but please clean up the mess you already have!! Seriously, build some sidewalks, curbs, storm sewers, invest in some community buildings and develop your riverfront. There's no reason w/ the casino and parkville on one side, and briarcliff on the other that they can't clean up their act.

Actually they are about to clean up their act in a MAJOR way. The lag has been in waiting for the completion of the levy to assure anything worth having won't be lost under 20 feet of floodwater. The levy is nearly complete.

Argosy has completed its expansion/renovation and both RED Development and Kessinger/Hunter have plans for significant RETAIL and Industrial development. The City is also planning a serious streetscape plan.

Give it 5 years and Riverside will be a new beast.

GRID · Post by **GRID** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:08 pm

What Slappy said. Riverside will be a very major player in the KC market in a couple of years. Riverside had a lot more work to do than NKC and is about to take off now.

Post by **dangerboy** » Thu Mar 04, 2004 3:17 pm

People have no idea how massive this is going to be. Something like 800 acres in the new busines/industrial park. For comparison, I think Corporate Woods is around 150-200 acres.