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bspecht wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:50 pm Map of the vote. https://www.datawrapper.de/_/gnIRR/

Kind of makes me think Brookside might support extending the streetcar out to them after all.

Oh, so you must work there. Yeah, I don't know the details or what kind of parking is available on the actual block of the KC fed building. I never really noticed how many fed buildings there are right around the arena and convention center in Baltimore. It's not a great area though. Too many govern...

Just attended a concert in Baltimore. We parked in a huge garage under a major federal building. Hundreds of other cars going to the concert parked there as well. They have to be making money, I only paid $15 using parkwhiz in advance, but many were paying the $45 fee at the gate. I'm only saying th...

Build a baseball stadium over the top of the garages.

Why? Because it's owned by the Sherman's best friend and has essentially already been gifted to them if they want it. In fact, that site was specifically put together by Sherman's best friend because of Jackson County dicking around and giving the Sherman's a bad time. The fact that they could have...

Also could have educated voters about how MLB disadvantages smaller metro markets and how DT stadium could help team's bottom line. That's part of the process. MLB teams do not move very often, but KC is a VERY small market to have a MLB team. The only market smaller than KC is Milwaukee and they d...

Goes to show how bad the campaign was. Why not say: We expect this tax to generate 500m. We will look to the city for 350m. We will look to the state for 350m. And we, the royals will put over 500m into the project. Obviously using clay county info there but same applies to KC. Share info like the ...

Just got a survey from Jackson County on why I voted yes or no. All the questions were about the Royals. Personally thought the Chiefs proposal was just as bad for the same reasons. Ambiguity on how the tax money was specifically being spent. It frustrates me how Sherman and the Royals became the b...

if/wherever new stadiums are built in/outside of the region, will it be with public money approved by the local voters or just the elected officials of the local jurisdictions? From an article I read the latest stadium/arenas are being built without a vote of the taxpayer. Done with private money a...

Looks odd and naked without the broadway Bridge. Have they turned back on the lights to the Bond Bridge?

I will say that the majority, if not the vast majority of Jackson County does not support a downtown stadium today. That may be true but where would they be today had the Royals actually executed a campaign about showing people how great a downtown ballpark can be? They never even go to that. They ...

Lol you are getting ridiculous. Like 95% of voters outside of greater downtown. Even the urban core of KCMO is probably well less than half the population of the county. I'm not sure how many people live in KCMO from the river to Brookside to 435. And you are the only person using words like "o...

Chiefs fans would have voted yes to just about anything. The Chiefs plan was terrible, but it barely got any pushback. I don't have insight into why people said no obviously but that ballot results seem like pushback to me. Locally I don't know one person who was even slightly impressed with what t...

Chiefs fans would have voted yes to just about anything. The Chiefs plan was terrible, but it barely got any pushback. The Royals moving downtown is 90% of the issue here. It would not have passed even if the "save the crossroads" campaign didn't happen. As a matter of fact if it were not ...

The reality is that KC Tenants will/would have come out against every possible proposal the Royals put on the table. The details are irrelevant, whether East Village, East Crossroads, saving the K, whatever. The issue is tax money going to a team owned by a billionaire, that doesn't change no matte...

Honest to God, I’m getting annoyed at everyone saying the Royals are going to Nashville or Salt Lake City. Now we’re talking about potentially Oakland (a city that doesn’t give a shit about the A’s)? Give it a rest. Seriously. The Royals are not leaving the KC Metro. Anyone saying they’re leaving c...

In a rare alignment, I agree with GRID. I think downtown baseball is dead here. The only possible path forward I could see is if KCMO cuts JaxCo out, and passes the same 3/8th cent tax in the city, with a promise to move the Chiefs to the Northland and the Royals downtown, including significant par...

The Royals already own all the property or have made deals with everybody effected? There is no history of replacing a loved stadium with a stadium people don't want in a part of town people don't want to go to. Doesn't mean the existing housing won't be used as propaganda. And the same was said abo...

In what what has Sherman been treated badly? I'm glad you believe in miracles Grid, it's not really going to take that but I get how it feels rn. Really. I know you are optimistic and I'm pessimistic generally on KC stuff. But tell me how. If they come back to the Crossroads they will have the same...

^Why? The Hunts are Texans and if they get an amazing stadium offer elsewhere why wouldn’t they take it? Because it's a legacy franchise and I don't think the Hunts would do that to the Chiefs or to KC and I don't even thing the NFL would support it. However if the NFL did support it, it could happ...