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by beautyfromashes
Tue Mar 19, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

There will be vote needed for the city’s portion is what I’m told from the top people with the city. So, the Royals have said that if the county tax is extended they will build the stadium, but that’s disingenuous because there’d have to be another city vote. What happens if the city vote fails? Th...
by beautyfromashes
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:52 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

“The $350 [million] is really that base financing. We’ll have asks of the state and the city, and if it’s not specific, they certainly know the range. And then ownership will take the rest of that Yeah, I just don’t believe them and there’s no hard document holding them to amount and timeframe. I’v...
by beautyfromashes
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:02 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: KCMO Downtown Streetcar
Replies: 6091
Views: 1006285

Re: KCMO Downtown Streetcar

Center islands breed panhandling issues. Sounds like an enforcement issue. I actually mentioned it on here a few years ago and people responded with”this is what happens in an urban area!” so I dropped it.
by beautyfromashes
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

They’ve committed to spending a billion dollars on the village portion. Show me where the Royals have committed to put $1b into this project of THEIR OWN money, not city or state money, THEIR OWN. They seem to be playing shell games, counting one funding source as theirs even though it came from an...
by beautyfromashes
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

KC Current: zero incentives from city, county or state. Sold out the entire season and ticket prices starting at $150/ea. someone explain to me how $1.7B in incentives for the new Royals is a better deal than lowly women’s soccer? Because it cost 1/10th of what a new MLB stadium will cost. If they ...
by beautyfromashes
Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: Kansas City Transportation
Topic: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension
Replies: 3428
Views: 671328

Re: OFFICIAL - Main Street Streetcar Extension

The northbound Union Station stop will be activated this fall as part of the rail tie-in to the Main Street Extension. There will be a system outage during this period, covered by a three-vehicle bus bridge (most 'emergency' bus bridges are two vehicles). This new stop will include the new cellular...
by beautyfromashes
Sat Mar 16, 2024 4:45 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

KC Current: zero incentives from city, county or state. Sold out the entire season and ticket prices starting at $150/ea. someone explain to me how $1.7B in incentives for the new Royals is a better deal than lowly women’s soccer?
by beautyfromashes
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:43 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

Because the exact figures haven’t been confirmed… Yeah, I’m calling bullshit on this one. There is absolutely no way the Royals make the statement “if you approve this tax, we’ll stay in Jackson County without knowing that figure. and why would a political leader take a risk if they don’t need to? ...
by beautyfromashes
Fri Mar 15, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Capping the Loop
Replies: 2567
Views: 430072

Re: Capping the Loop

Name it Hawley Park and it gets done tomorrow.
by beautyfromashes
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Redlining map of Kansas City (1939)
Replies: 4
Views: 264

Re: Redlining map of Kansas City (1939)

What is the Blue Hills golf club and what happened to it?
by beautyfromashes
Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

If the Royals are going to get money from the city and state, it’s already been agreed upon. So, why won’t they release those numbers?
by beautyfromashes
Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:35 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29056

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

If Kansas City got local control of it's police board and then crime rate increased, that would be a lesson for Kansas Citians to learn from and correct by electing the appropriate people. Not a state appointed board. I’d agree with that though I don’t really think it would happen. People wouldn’t ...
by beautyfromashes
Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29056

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

TheBigChuckbowski wrote: Wed Mar 13, 2024 1:46 pm The argument for local control should have little to do with crime rate. Police should be accountable to the people that they police, not one man living halfway across the state.
So, the affect this has on crime, good or bad, shouldn’t be a determinant?
by beautyfromashes
Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29056

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

Some of the highest crime rates are in so-called red states. It's not just as easy as what party is in control. New York State and New York City have among the lowest crime rates in the country, and lower than many so-called "red" states. More often it has more to do with the poverty rate...
by beautyfromashes
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29056

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

MidKC wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:00 pm The constitutionality of it wouldn’t depend on whether or not the city is good at it though.
Law has been so politicized anymore, I don't know if it matters anymore in this country.
by beautyfromashes
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: General Kansas City
Topic: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD
Replies: 150
Views: 29056

Re: Restoration of City Control Over KCPD

^^ To be fair, Democratic initiatives on policing haven’t improved crime rates in our cities either. I think a good compromise would be a trial return to local control. If crime rates fall, it becomes permanent. I’m just not sure our mayor and council would make the crime situation in our city any b...
by beautyfromashes
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

I don't think the Royals meant harm, they are probably just detached from the community. I get what you area saying, but hopefully the team and those against the stadium can come together and find common ground. That does not seem to be happening though? I don't either. They listened to some bad ad...
by beautyfromashes
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

That Crossroads District actually could be one of the most amazing urban neighborhoods in the midwest or even country, if KC would just allow it to happen. I think this might be where you and, for sure, the Royals are getting it wrong. You’re saying that with your ideas this could be a great place....
by beautyfromashes
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: Downtown
Topic: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza
Replies: 449
Views: 278281

Re: Fantasy Retrofits: Barney Allis Plaza

I still think they should greendeck the convention center and just make this a apartment complex over the entire BAP site. One inch of grass, gravel or planters isn't going to hurt the structural integrity of that building.
by beautyfromashes
Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: New Stadiums Discussion
Topic: Downtown Baseball Stadium
Replies: 8092
Views: 7186807

Re: Downtown Baseball Stadium

KCPowercat wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:00 pm
No worries, we'll just route it all to Main. I'm sure the streetcar won't be impacted one bit.
No one ever rides the toy train anyway except the homeless and thugs. I heard it ran someone over. Get rid of it!