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The Women’s Cup will be played at the Current Stadium this summer. Exciting seeing these announcements continue

Kansas City’s CPKC Stadium and Louisville’s Lynn Family Stadium will serve as cohosts for this year’s events, which will feature two four-team tournaments this summer. The full TWC USA fields will soon be revealed, but fans can expect to see top teams from Europe, South America and Africa battling the best in the NWSL for a prize purse of $100,000 in each tournament.

Cratedigger wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:27 pm The Women’s Cup will be played at the Current Stadium this summer. Exciting seeing these announcements continue

Kansas City’s CPKC Stadium and Louisville’s Lynn Family Stadium will serve as cohosts for this year’s events, which will feature two four-team tournaments this summer. The full TWC USA fields will soon be revealed, but fans can expect to see top teams from Europe, South America and Africa battling the best in the NWSL for a prize purse of $100,000 in each tournament.

So is that 6 games total? Meaning we’d have 3?

I get that the logistics are probably a lot easier this way, but it seems like a HUGE missed opportunity to not leverage some of the bus capacity of the weekday RideKC busses that are otherwise sitting dormant. Why aren’t we doing everything we can to create subconscious goodwill and familiarity with public transit and busses in this City?

What is the picture showing me?

I’m confused as well

KCPowercat wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:17 pm What is the picture showing me?

It’s the current shuttle busses I think?

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:58 pm I get that the logistics are probably a lot easier this way, but it seems like a HUGE missed opportunity to not leverage some of the bus capacity of the weekday RideKC busses that are otherwise sitting dormant. Why aren’t we doing everything we can to create subconscious goodwill and familiarity with public transit and busses in this City?

I believe it’s not allowed to use federally paid for vehicles for non-regular scheduled service to stadiums.

langosta wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:52 pm

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:58 pm I get that the logistics are probably a lot easier this way, but it seems like a HUGE missed opportunity to not leverage some of the bus capacity of the weekday RideKC busses that are otherwise sitting dormant. Why aren’t we doing everything we can to create subconscious goodwill and familiarity with public transit and busses in this City?

I believe it’s not allowed to use federally paid for vehicles for non-regular scheduled service to stadiums.

Have all the vehicles in KCATA’s fleet been purchased with Fed $? Or is it the fact that the ATA receives Fed $ for operations?

They had used ATA busses for the Airshow when it was at the DT Airport a few years ago, and I remember being impressed with the bus product, and I wasn’t super into urbanism or transit at this point, so I’d imagine that would be a relatively consistent experience if utilized

langosta wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:43 am https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations ... ulations-0

I’m confused as to how they were able to use them for the airshow then?

Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:50 am

langosta wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:43 am https://www.transit.dot.gov/regulations ... ulations-0

I’m confused as to how they were able to use them for the airshow then?

I only rode on private busses when it was downtown. They could have exhausted every qualified respondent’s capacity or have gotten written approval for a local/nationally important event.

Parking and transportation overshadowing the team. Once again we have some of the most incompetent elected officials in the country.

Metro wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:12 am Parking and transportation overshadowing the team. Once again we have some of the most incompetent elected officials in the country.

Near term issues that will be over when the extension is completed

I felt like the KCUR piece today missed the mark by having an extended discussion about issues with public transit in KC, including to the riverfront and CPKC Stadium, without any mention of land use or growth patterns. Transit is constantly scapegoated but we continue to ask it to do more with less and in the meantime the region continues to sprawl largely unchecked. Totally frustrating.

Metro wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 10:12 am Parking and transportation overshadowing the team. Once again we have some of the most incompetent elected officials in the country.

No comment on elected officials but we've also got a nearly impossible to deal with public with highly unrealistic expectations. Convenience trumps all other things for many of these people.

smh wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 12:11 pm I felt like the KCUR piece today missed the mark by having an extended discussion about issues with public transit in KC, including to the riverfront and CPKC Stadium, without any mention of land use or growth patterns. Transit is constantly scapegoated but we continue to ask it to do more with less and in the meantime the region continues to sprawl largely unchecked. Totally frustrating.

https://www.kcur.org/sports/2024-05-22/ ... nt-leisure