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KCMax wrote: I think we should move downtown to the TSC.

KCPowercat wrote: anybody who thinks this vote hurts downtown needs to open their eyes a little wider....downtown is rocking.

KCPowercat wrote: drop an ikea there and stuff will follow.  I do hope they work in some businesses around the complex.

Why not have some development around it, it could happen.  Look at clayton compared to stl...and they dont even have a stadium there....

I think that makes the argument for development away from the core of a city.  I still dont see why nobody has offered to make a garage and build on top of it around the tsc...I cant imagine a better location for a big hotel or mall.  Or a damn bar.

Michael® wrote:
Downtown will never reach it's potential and KC will never, ever be a world class city in my lifetime.

KCPowercat wrote: anybody who thinks this vote hurts downtown needs to open their eyes a little wider....downtown is rocking.

KCPowercat wrote: anybody who thinks this vote hurts downtown needs to open their eyes a little wider....downtown is rocking.

AllThingsKC wrote: Here, Here!!!      This vote will NOT kill Downtown Kansas City!!!

im2kull wrote: I think that makes the argument for development away from the core of a city.  I still dont see why nobody has offered to make a garage and build on top of it around the tsc...I cant imagine a better location for a big hotel or mall.  Or a damn bar.

Michael® wrote: Try traveling to another city sometime. KC's downtown could have DOUBLE the projects it has now and still be light years away from our peers. Sure downtown is seeing more development than at any other single time in the past but now Downtown will simply NEVER reach it's potential. Anyone who thinks otherwise has his head in the sand. There is very little private development going on downtown. KC only has a certain amount of people and development dollars and baseball downtown was one of the few possibilities we had to truley catch up and create a real after-hours vibe.

KCMax wrote: People would be irate. They love tailgating in the sprawling parking lot.

C'mon, let's not be bitter. The renovations passed, let's make the best of it. The stadiums will look great once they're done, they're just in a poor location.

KCPowercat wrote: obviously it looks like that is changing now

voltopt wrote: well, somebody loan me 2 billion dollars and i will make this happen - it will reorient the city to the southeast - increasing the denisty, population, connectivity.  there is no reason we can't connect downtown through 18th and vine down linwood to the sports complex and back to the plaza.  it could become very nice if someone wants to throw money my way...  truly a world class city!

loft_dweller wrote: Yes some cities learn form the past.....and some don't.

StL_Dan wrote: Of course it won't.   However, it won't be nearly as cool, nor will it be showcased in the same way as it may have had a dt stadium become a reality.

kevink wrote: Agreed. Of course it's not a DT killer, but it's a really silly waste of precious resources and people. A missed opportunity, to say it politely.

Who wants to establish the over/under on when the teams will come back wanting new stadiums? Will it be longer than the Kemper renovations-Sprint Center vote timeline, or about the same?

loft_dweller wrote: Yes Yes, squander your resources and spread out your density further.  You guys make it all to easy.