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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
Streaming here...
https://www.audacy.com/610sports/listen#schedule
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
funny that the world trusts us to host NFL Draft, weekly concerts, and other large events downtown but somehow 18,000 downtown at a Royals game is impossible for locals to comprehend.
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
Not much substance. Sounds like they'll prefer E side of downtown to 18th/Vine based on criteria, expecting public/private partnership. Not really worth moving if not part of the energy of CBD or along streetcar. And if mostly publicly funded, might see too much pushback.
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
Sounds like the big news is just that the Royals are publiclly admitting they are doing due dilligence on what to do, and that "downtown" is one option being evaluated. The will likely need a renewal of stadium sales tax either way. Sherman sure sounded like the team was happy where they were, but also said they put a lot of weight into improve the wellbeing and provide economic benefits to the community at large.
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
This is such a great point.normalthings wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:39 pm funny that the world trusts us to host NFL Draft, weekly concerts, and other large events downtown but somehow 18,000 downtown at a Royals game is impossible for locals to comprehend.
This is also where you see a big divide within the younger & boomer generations in KC. The younger people have grown up seeing downtown as a fun place to be that can handle alot of activity, some of them have even gotten used to streetcar regularly. They have a "yes, we can" attitude because most of us have only seen success and growth downtown. Boomers and some middle aged people can't fathom or comprehend why anyone would want to be downtown or that it's really that great because in their day it was a dead zone and black hole. They're the locals who have grown up and always lived here thinking KC is still the same generic, un-dynamic waste that "can't possibly do xyz"
I would say you can even see that divide on Kcrag as well with generations on almost every issue.
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
If he's really buying into doing the economic benefits for the city, then there's no way they stay at TSC.alejandro46 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:59 pm Sounds like the big news is just that the Royals are publiclly admitting they are doing due dilligence on what to do, and that "downtown" is one option being evaluated. The will likely need a renewal of stadium sales tax either way. Sherman sure sounded like the team was happy where they were, but also said they put a lot of weight into improve the wellbeing and provide economic benefits to the community at large.
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
Curious that the mayor hyped up as news of the day unless there's other big news today?
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
The Star has a poll on stadium...
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/k ... gnews_main
https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/k ... gnews_main
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Re: Downtown ballpark and condos
No real announcement. Just comments saying they were considering downtown as a location.
https://www.kshb.com/sports/report-kan ... wn-stadium
https://www.kshb.com/sports/report-kan ... wn-stadium
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^A bit anticlimactic but some media still spinning as best as they can for clicks. See front page of Star.
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Re: Downtown ballpark and condos
How was that press conference worthy or a great day for KC?
Royals: We are looking at our options.
KC: Goes anti downtown stadium crazy as usual.
Royals: We are looking at our options.
KC: Goes anti downtown stadium crazy as usual.
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
KSHB reporter Aaron Ladd posted a poll on Twitter asking “Should the Royals move downtown?” that has 700 votes so far, and results are:
55% yes
34% no
11% indifferent
55% yes
34% no
11% indifferent
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
About what I’d expect, Give people cool renderings and sell the dream it’ll come up
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Re: Future Stadium Plans: Chiefs and Royals
KC Star reporter Jeff Rosen released early results of their poll on Royals tailgating:
How important is tailgating to you?
57.2% not important at all
28% somewhat
14.8% very important
One by one all their nimby arguments get brought down by data
How important is tailgating to you?
57.2% not important at all
28% somewhat
14.8% very important
One by one all their nimby arguments get brought down by data
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Re: Downtown ballpark and condos
This was simply them getting the convo started. As they explore more they knew that would get out anyways so start prepping people now.
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Re: Downtown ballpark and condos
You may be right, but good god, the people that don't want it are super vocal about it. Maybe it's closer to 70% that don't want it. I don't thin it's anywhere near half.
I know you can't base anything off social media platforms, but it's close to 90% on social media.
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I'd bet the majority are for it. Social media is a super poor way to judge anything public opinion wise.
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Re: Downtown ballpark and condos
Majority of who? I think it all depends on where the people live who take the poll. If it is of people who live in central KC it just might be the majority. If it is all of KC residents it just might be around 50/50. If you have all of Jackson County, and the whole metro area, I would say a large majority would say no.KCPowercat wrote: ↑Tue Sep 14, 2021 6:23 pm I'd bet the majority are for it. Social media is a super poor way to judge anything public opinion wise.