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by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

They said Oak will remain open, they didn't say it will remain straight. I dropped some basic drawings in here months ago showing how a small stadium could work while adjusting Oak a bit. Very common around baseball stadiums. Hard to imagine how they'll fit a stadium strictly between Oak and Grand....
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

They said Oak will remain open, they didn't say it will remain straight. I dropped some basic drawings in here months ago showing how a small stadium could work while adjusting Oak a bit. Very common around baseball stadiums. Hard to imagine how they'll fit a stadium strictly between Oak and Grand....
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Fenway N/S is under 500'. Grand to Oak currently is 610 feet wide, 820 feet truman to 17th. Target is 800' x 730'
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Metro wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:50 pm
KCPowercat wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:35 pm fair enough. Bad phrasing.

Great day overall for the neighborhood and good will towards yes votes.
It's panderinfg because they are behind. The average voter isn't going to care about keeping Oak open.
Then it would make no sense to make this change if nobody cares.
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:35 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

fair enough. Bad phrasing.

Great day overall for the neighborhood and good will towards yes votes.
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

So the "other" stuff is still coming just updated layout sounds like. Also positive. UHaul hotel sounds great idea to me! A spokesperson for the team said the Royals will still move forward with the surrounding development but will alter the design to keep Oak Street open. He did not speci...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:53 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I will be with John Sherman later tonight and will ask for updates. I think they need to do something across Oak like hotel and retail. I suspect they will just in a scaled back capacity. The renderings we saw are complete trash now. They were pie in the sky concepts anyways which was made clear wh...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

So stadium related developments east of Oak are dead for now? Would be a mistake to still not buy up a large amount of the property over there and plan some things. There are sites for two big buildings and a series of smaller gaps for smaller buildings. I will be with John Sherman later tonight an...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I think it will make Oak even better. It will road diet it for sure and make it a fun ped space during games. Exciting possibilities
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

So stadium related developments east of Oak are dead for now? Would be a mistake to still not buy up a large amount of the property over there and plan some things. There are sites for two big buildings and a series of smaller gaps for smaller buildings. Still awaiting more details here, my assumpt...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The reason they eliminated Oak is because they want the buildings right up against the stadium. Especially the office and residential that will have awesome ballpark views that can help demand higher rents. Yea, I don't give a F about their theoretical higher rents. The street needs to stay open an...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Downtown Buildings with Activity
Replies: 599
Views: 391085

Re: Downtown Buildings with Activity

full address does help
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

That changed my vote from "hell no" to tepid "yes." The potential news of them not touching east of Oak right now may help people too? I personally think they should do "something" east of oak and there is plenty of space to do so and not interrupt businesses there or ...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

KCDowntown wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:35 am The Yes on 1 Twitter account just announced that Oak will stay open.

KCDowntown
yuge
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

With LED lights now I'd think the unintentional light pollution is much lower and that beam could be directed only where it needs to go. You'd still see a glow of course but that's not much different than city light.
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Saving a couple buildings east of Oak doesn't prevent the Royals from building Hotels and Apartment buildings over there, I don't see what the big deal is. You could save half the buildings on Oak, save the fire station, and still fit 10+ one light size buildings between Oak/Cherry/Truman/17th I'm ...
by KCPowercat
Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Downtown Buildings with Activity
Replies: 599
Views: 391085

Re: Downtown Buildings with Activity

KCPowercat wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:56 am The building on SE corner of 10th and walnut has had some light demo activity going on lately. Couldn't find a thread on that building, it was boarded up a year or more ago?
Got confirmation this is being turned into condos. Maybe 18?
by KCPowercat
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Yeah that's why I don't think he meant nothing in that quote.
by KCPowercat
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The Oak change is not a shock in the least bit. Makes sense. It's the idea that the Royals don't need to build anything else besides a stadium that's a major change for him. Where did you read this? On his Facebook Live it didn't seem to indicate nothing should come across Oak, more that the Royals...
by KCPowercat
Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8073170

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I also doubt the mayor would come out and publicity say that if he didn't already know the royals were changing the plans to incorporate oak. The Oak change is not a shock in the least bit. Makes sense. It's the idea that the Royals don't need to build anything else besides a stadium that's a major...