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Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 10:37 am
by KCMax
Kemper Arena–Dimming and Down
The Star reports a City Council Committee will make the first moves toward ending the Kemper’s management contract with Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). The city will regain full control of the aging and discarded arena.
“We’ll stop all pretense of trying to market it as an alternative events space, and let AEG focus on filling the Sprint Center,” City Manager Troy Schulte said to the Star.
Kemper has hosted just over 50 events in the last three years, not counting the American Royal shows and exhibitions. That’s almost no business at all.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:57 pm
by kcjak
If this is such a win-win for both the city and AEG then we shouldn't be paying AEG the $100,000+ management fee for the second half of the year.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:27 pm
by FangKC
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:36 pm
by longviewmo
I don't claim to understand some things. Save buildings that may actually have a use in the future, not an old facility that will need huge amounts of maintenance in the future.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:10 am
by FangKC
This is going to be quite different that other historic or significant buildings. You can't turn it into offices or apartments. It's going to be hard to find a new use. It's a behemoth like Union Station, but unlike Union Station, it's going to be hard to find some purpose for it.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:25 am
by shinatoo
Casino.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:59 pm
by FangKC
Cage-fighting death matches using prisoners from death row.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 8:21 am
by chaglang
Flying pig races.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:04 am
by Highlander
FangKC wrote:This is going to be quite different that other historic or significant buildings. You can't turn it into offices or apartments. It's going to be hard to find a new use. It's a behemoth like Union Station, but unlike Union Station, it's going to be hard to find some purpose for it.
And unlike Union Station, it's badly located off the beaten track (a fact that will always go unchanged and contributed greatly to the demise of the building in the first place). The American Royal is about its only hope.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:36 am
by shinatoo
Tear down the building but leave the exoskelton up. Hang a milar tent under it (think Denver airport) and use it as a three season ampatheater. You could still have rodeo events and concerts, plus things like the american royal BBQ.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:43 am
by taxi
shinatoo wrote:Tear down the building but leave the exoskelton up. Hang a milar tent under it (think Denver airport) and use it as a three season ampatheater. You could still have rodeo events and concerts, plus things like the american royal BBQ.
Yes, but make the tent out of cow fur!
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:51 am
by bbqboy
chaglang wrote:Flying pig races.
The pink floyd Animals tour might have been it's highpoint.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:29 am
by KCMax
Train museum.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 8:34 am
by chaglang
A museum of outdated and demolished arenas and stadia. Sorta like putting the Suburb Museum in JoCo.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 9:51 am
by KCMax
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:29 am
by aknowledgeableperson
A move to the Independence Events Center might be more fitting.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:14 pm
by im2kull
The real problem here is AEG and their intentional mismanagement of Kemper Arena. Kemper was much better under their old management, even after the Sprint Center had opened. AEG purposely ran Kemper into the ground. I don't understand how you could hire the same company to manage 2 competing arenas and not expect them to let one fail at the benefit of the other.
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 6:31 pm
by im2kull
Funny how the American Royal Leaders (AEG) want to tear down Kemper (AEG) to push all the business to Sprint Center (AEG). Which cow do you think gives them the most milk?
http://midwestdemocracy.com/blogs/entri ... can-royal/
http://www.fieldofschemes.com/?s=AEG's% ... mit=Search
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 10:13 pm
by chaglang
im2kull wrote:The real problem here is AEG and their intentional mismanagement of Kemper Arena. Kemper was much better under their old management, even after the Sprint Center had opened. AEG purposely ran Kemper into the ground. I don't understand how you could hire the same company to manage 2 competing arenas and not expect them to let one fail at the benefit of the other.
Because if they fill both of them, they make twice the money than if they let one fail?
Re: American Royal leaders propose tearing down Kemper
Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:42 pm
by KC-wildcat
To state the obvious.... Kemper was a pile of shit before SC and is currently a pile of shit. Hence, the desperate need to construct SC.