Did the East Village concept ever get far enough that the footprint was known and we even knew who would be displaced? I had heard the apartments at 10th and Holmes would have to go but it seems there would have been plenty of room in the East Village area to avoid that.DColeKC wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 6:13 pmLOLImarealperson wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 10:26 amI don’t know how many residents would’ve been displaced by the “crossroads” location. I suppose it depends on if we are counting alleys.BrisbaneKC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 6:43 am I read that Bob Fescoe said on his show today (yesterday for most of you) that the East Village site was a done deal until Mayor Lucas interjected and now it’s hanging in the balance whether or not it goes Downtown at all. I have seen this allegation made several times without it being confirmed nor denied. Why hasn’t the Mayor been pushed on this claim as to whether it’s true or not? He has been extremely vocal throughout the whole stadium debate yet little seems to have been spoken of on this particular matter. I have also read some posts on here and elsewhere about the federal government being unhappy about that as a possible stadium location, but there has never been an official response in relation to that.
I looked to find the Royals stance on this and whilst they did they say something, it came across as vague and disingenuous. Basically a clip of Sarah Tourville at a public forum saying they switched to the Crossroads location because they did not want to displace residents in the East Village, which is obviously extremely ironic as the biggest concern of the Crossroads campaign was regarding displacement.
It seems like to me like the public will never know the full story behind this.
Apparently Dave doesn't understand the different between displacing people from their homes and displacing people from their rented business location that in most cases will be out of business before this stadium is open due to poor foot traffic and an overall lack of business.
There is a single lofts project in the East Crossroads area that was in the area designated for demolition and it could not have had more than two units. Very few residents would have been displaced.
I don't understand the surprise and disdain regarding Lucas putting up a roadblock to the East Village project. For a variety of reasons, it wasn't the best location, but it's not in the city's best interest to subsidize a competitor to an entertainment district it's already contributing significant funds to support. Everybody knew that. It was discussed as a downside to East Village long before the switch to East Crossroads happened. And I am not convinced the East Village location would have passed. It still would have been opposed by the Save Kaufman organization and KC Tenants and other anti-tax organizations.