Link2 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 4:09 pm
normalthings wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:45 pm
AlkaliAxel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 09, 2022 2:15 pm
He and others have failed to realize that hotels & rail aren't the only things that matter for a bid. And that other cities have problems too, in different ways. Denver has an altitude problem. Boston's stadium is 40 mins away. DC's stadium is crumbling to the ground. Nashville is rushing to maybe try to build a new stadium by 2026. Other cities have issues for this bid too, alot worse than ours if I'm being frank.
Don't think I said everyone was perfect BUT kc. I am saying KC lacks in some of the most important areas.
The movement of 100,000 people to and from the stadium, to and from the airport, 5 times in a week or so is a massive lift. Housing those people is a massive lift.
Not quite 100,000 each time -- but I get the point. The number of times this would need to be accomplished won't be known until sometime in 2023 when the match schedule is finalized.
I've addressed housing in my previous comment -- it won't be an issue.
Such a weird reaction to critique at this point in the process.
These are 2 of 3/4 important categories that have also been hurting our day-to-day convention business.
1. Lack of committable downtown hotel rooms Loews helps but not enough available to win back big conventions we lost.
2. Transportation Issues (Hotel to CC, Hotel & CC to City Amenities, Airport to Hotel, etc). Only 1 sizable downtown hotel project I can think of (Embassy). Amenities (including stadiums) are still pretty spread out with no real changes coming.
3. Airport Issues Fixed the airport, have yet to increase connectivity
4. Lack of upper-upscale and luxury hotels nothing in the pipeline, CC could use an update
I don't agree with you on the housing comments either. Transportation and Hotels are areas the powers to be pointed out as our weak spots. We have far fewer rooms in the city and metro than competitors, and far older/not as nice. The rooms we do have are far from the stadium (which I hit with my transpo comment). Staying at a hotel in St. Joseph or Chillicothe is far from an ideal guest experience.
For example....
Nashville has 35,787 hotel rooms in Davidson County and 53,189 rooms in the Nashville MSA.