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by aknowledgeableperson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Two items. I saw a few commenting that the proposed stadium would have the smallest seating capacity for MLB. First I heard of this. Second, early voting has been much higher than in past April elections. Of course no results of vote totals. Election officials are expecting a voter turnout of close ...
by aknowledgeableperson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:08 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

If the Royals were smart they would de-couple the K from their ask for a tax to support a downtown stadium plan. The "Save the K" crowd would instantly be mooted if there was no indication that the K was "Going away". The county preparing a demo RFP and the Royals indicating tha...
by aknowledgeableperson
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

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 aknowledgeableperson
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:08 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

As much fun as it might feel, re-litigating this now isn't going to do anything. the city knew they were going to dip into the general fund. Did they know at this level for this long? I doubt it but probably should have anticipated it. The city might have known but that wasn't the story being told ...
by aknowledgeableperson
Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Im too young to remember the whole Sprint Center/PNL process. Was it as bad as this one? If memory serves me well the Sprint Center was mainly objectionable because people still say Kemper as a decent venue with debt still outstanding on it. Also it was built on the speculation that a NBA or NHL te...
by aknowledgeableperson
Fri Mar 22, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: OFFICIAL - East Village
Replies: 1907
Views: 283776

Re: OFFICIAL - East Village

There seems to be a lot of interest in rowhouse type of development to buy but it's hard for individual developers to get financing/permitting on it so that to me is something the city could step in and help seed. I think rowhouse type housing would be a good fit for the area. Could be a mixture of...
by aknowledgeableperson
Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 471
Views: 305489

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

I think bringing in a private operator for the convention center assets, which is done in many cities, was the right choice by Platt. Too bad the council killed that idea. Would have been great to have someone really pushing BAP use The BAP has had some use in the past for events. Gay Pride used it...
by aknowledgeableperson
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Sad...
Replies: 52
Views: 1918

Re: Sad...

"Let's further lay the ground work by... - Mandating new subdivisions resemble old neighborhoods down in the city. Have a mix of detached single-family, row homes, and small apartment buildings lining new streets that are laid out in a grid. - Main avenues should automatically be higher-densit...
by aknowledgeableperson
Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The CBA is like a person robbing a bank of gold and then giving a bar to the security guard on the way out to look the other way. The teams are asking for tax dollars, just the cost of doing business with tax dollars. Of course if the teams financed on their own no need for these agreements. If the...
by aknowledgeableperson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:39 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

beautyfromashes wrote: Wed Mar 20, 2024 3:01 pm The CBA is like a person robbing a bank of gold and then giving a bar to the security guard on the way out to look the other way.
The teams are asking for tax dollars, just the cost of doing business with tax dollars. Of course if the teams financed on their own no need for these agreements.
by aknowledgeableperson
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:24 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Sad...
Replies: 52
Views: 1918

Re: Sad...

"Let's further lay the ground work by... - Mandating new subdivisions resemble old neighborhoods down in the city. Have a mix of detached single-family, row homes, and small apartment buildings lining new streets that are laid out in a grid. - Main avenues should automatically be higher-density...
by aknowledgeableperson
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:28 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I'm sure they will super tif the stadium development. Basically Missouri's version of STAR bonds. It's how the P&L District was funded. Redirects EVERY bit of revenue collected from the area back to the development, that includes state taxes and KCMO's etax. State taxes? County taxes? And let's...
by aknowledgeableperson
Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Sad...
Replies: 52
Views: 1918

Re: Sad...

Reasons why no high rise construction would be quite a few. Is the demand truly there? Unless the construction is for a specific tenant why build speculatively? It seems remote work has taken hold of many businesses downtown. What are the current occupancy rates for the different classes of office s...
by aknowledgeableperson
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

[ To clarify. No new taxes. Ideally revenue and property tax income pays for this and avoids hitting the general fund. In order to issue bonds, either revenue or GO, the city has to conduct a vote. That is unless the citizens have approved by prior vote the authority to issue bonds that haven't bee...
by aknowledgeableperson
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:09 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

[ To clarify. No new taxes. Ideally revenue and property tax income pays for this and avoids hitting the general fund. In order to issue bonds, either revenue or GO, the city has to conduct a vote. That is unless the citizens have approved by prior vote the authority to issue bonds that haven't bee...
by aknowledgeableperson
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:57 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The city will probably issue municipal bonds that shouldn’t be paid for by the tax payers. On another topic. Have the Royals released to the public what is their planned timeline for the promised development and what its contemplated composition would be? Yes I believe it was opening day 2028 That ...
by aknowledgeableperson
Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

The city will probably issue municipal bonds that shouldn’t be paid for by the tax payers. Does the city currently have the bonding capacity to issue the bonds needed for city funds? If not then another vote by the city is necessary for bond issuance. If they use TIF or Super TIF bonds will the cit...
by aknowledgeableperson
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

dnweava wrote: Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:05 pm
It'd be pretty weird to call a team in Nashville, "Kansas City"
Of course if the team played in the KC metro.
:lol:
by aknowledgeableperson
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:27 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Besides 50+ years of history and both teams having “Kansas City” in their official names… the loss of tax revenue. The loss of synergy with KC etc. Shooting for gold, which is downtown baseball and ending up with suburban baseball- Travesty. Trying to extend the life of one of the most iconic NFL s...
by aknowledgeableperson
Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:33 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8385
Views: 8062979

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

DColeKC wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:17 pm I don't mean these teams may leave the metro, but they will leave "Kansas City" and that'll be a god damn, mother fucking travesty. But hey..... roads right.
Why leaving KCMO but staying in the metro area is a travesty?