Coworker has a daughter that interned for the Royals in the media department last season. She spent most of the home games taking video in one of the of field camera boxes by the home dugout. They hired her fulltime after the season was over. The day after she got the job the Royals told her group they had 2 weeks off paid over Xmas, just keep your phone on if you are needed. Right now she's in AZ covering them. She spent half an hour yesterday talking to George Brett.

Talk about a dream job.

I know when many of the ballparks moved to the city or downtown area, those areas improved overall.

Pittsburgh, Detroit, Baltimore, Washington DC, San Francisco

I believe most are still a positive experience.

Baltimore really has a nice place

Generally the people who are against it seem to be the people who complain about parking, just KC being KC I guess.

Weird post coming from you

It's not because it's a truth post the vast majority of people I see going off about it being a ****ing stupid thing to do are people who are in the "but parking" or "I like the K" or it's some not leaving the suburbs argument.

There is not remotely the same as the argument of I'm not a fan of public money for private profit or funding a billionaire's stadium, it seems a lot of people are fine funding a billionaires stadium if they have parking spots and it's in a suburb.

Will they grandfather in rent and real estate taxes to not increase for current residents of the area? That sounds logical.

Don’t get caught with a taser.

You would really have no idea someone lived in a city of 2.5 million people listening to them complain about parking garages and traffic and one way streets... but it's a major topic of conversation if you're ever at an event downtown or even on the Plaza with people who don't often go there.

You would really think they all just drove in from BFE Kansas or someone had grabbed an uncontacted tribesmen from the Amazon and dropped them off at Times Square... but nope, live in OP and just cannot fathom getting around downtown and finding a place to park.

Ball Arena has a dispensary?

KC Tenants came out against it, so you know it's a good thing when those idiots don't like something

I mean, they only really check for metal shapes that look like guns and bombs.
Let that stir around in your brain.
Also know there's a sniper nest at Empower.
But i haven't found it yet.

A little over a month til the vote & theres still no rendering from the Chiefs. MODOT still hasn't approved the cap for that side of the highway either.

It would be pretty stupid to vote for this as it's rushed and not clearly planned out.

KC is a bizarre place, it's like people would be happy if downtown wasn't there and it was just nothing but suburbs.

I had dinner yesterday with two ladies with whom I worked with for about 20 years, and I e decided the shit going on in this country deserves no space in my brain.

FYI, I was just funnin with ya. I never paid taxes in Jackson County and never will. Clay county BOOYAH!

I worry about you and want you to be happy.
Wanna fill out my ballot?

I've always thought that they should have built some cool district where MODoT is near the stadiums. That was lack of foresight.

If the Sports Complex area was prime for development it would have already happened.

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Well that is the most appropriate ad partner for the Royals I can think of.

QT logo on the official jersey? Are you ****ing serious?

Hard pass.

I saw a reddit post last night where you can purchase some insanely expensive Red Sox jersey for like $430 and it's an extra $20 if you want their advertising patch included. LMAO :facepalm:

Couldn't even get a corp sponsor that uses a color scheme somewhere near what the Royals use huh?

Thank god they did this. I almost forgot QT exists.

I'm suprised they don't make you pay more to remove it.

When you propose a 2 billion dollar project and announce it to the folks who you expect to fund it. That proposal makes no mention of parking for 20 to 40 thousand folks on any given day well that sounds like just another un accounted for expense. Parking is premium Downtown and the tennents already surrounding that area may pay in leases for a certain amount of parking for their business. So yeah parking is important and needs to be part of this plan. I would soon they found a way to pay for this on their own but I am not stupid as they will get their way or walk from the area.

LMAO Sherman is a whole clown

Seems pretty obvious that Shermans plan is to flip the team into making himself a big chunk of money.

With that stadium he can probably double what he spent for them.

:facepalm:

I don't think so. He purchased the team for nostalgia. Him and his wife had their first date at a Royals game.

I just don’t like giving losers anything nice. Wish we could move the royals to the tbones stadium until they have 3 consecutive seasons over .500

I would never live in Jackson county though so my opinion doesn’t matter

This ****ing team, man....

https://i.imgur.com/3bLZsMF.jpeg

Idk if it’s worse, but the OKC Thunder have a giant “Love’s” patch on their jersey.

Tbf though Love’s are pretty nice as far as truck stops go.

I get a kick out of people saying downtown is a shithole and that nobody wants to go down there yet downtown rent is much, much higher than anywhere else.

lol of course Nubian Nut downvotes it. That guy sucks the government teet

100% about flipping it. Every single interview about the new stadium he mentions making it a better club for the next owner.

Yeah, I live and work downtown. In my opinion, downtown is so nice and has so many amazing restaurants and lounges. Yeah, there’s a few crazies around the bus stops, but I never feel unsafe. I absolutely love living down here and can’t wait for the new stadium.

Yeah it's a group of businessmen. Sherman is just the face of it. None of them are uber wealthy. They are super rich, but they aren't like Mark Cuban rich. Their entire goal is to make as much money possible from the team. If I were in their shoes I'd do the exact same thing. But I'm not. I'm a fan. So I will bitch and moan at any unrighteousness.

Everyone knows you wanted out with the Village Idiots or Shawwwwwwwwwwww Kneeeeeeeeeeeeee

Speaking of parking and downtown stadiums - parking in the KC Current's gravel parking lot is apparently being billed to season ticket holders at $68 per game.

You just Uber or walk right to the stadium. It’s so simple

Hop on the street car

lol


https://www.kctv5.com/2024/02/23/sur...-stadium-site/

I can't imagine paying that.

$68 parking. In the gravel. With the smell of the MO river in the air. To watch women's soccer.

LMAO good luck with that...

Wut?

Lots of pillowbiters in KCMO who like that shit

I rode the street car once. It was in winter and it was half full of homeless going from midtown to River market and back to stay out of the cold I’d imagine. Had a younger dude with military ptsd trying to tell a few of us his life story while his buddy was knocked out drunk next to him.

I’m guessing this is what happens a lot when it’s freezing or hot as hell out. Maybe they’ll start charging for it and that will change

Mecca would have shed a tear for the dude and gave him 20 bucks I’m sure

There is no way this doesn't pass. It's no extra money, so all that's happening is instead of paying for the upkeep of a stadium in Raytown you're paying for a brand new ballpark in down town KC and getting all kinds of new businesses along with it. Don't really see the down side, besides I guess some people might have to walk a little further.

If you don’t go watch the women’s soccer games and pay for the parking its probably because you’re sexist tbh

In another city where I lived the light rail was a rolling homeless shelter, especially in the winter. It's heated and has wifi, and they unofficially eliminated fares by putting the whole payment thing essentially on the honor system. The last time I rode it I saw a homeless dude just whip it out and piss right on the floor. It used to be mostly unscary at least in the day, but I quit riding it after that.

And in that moment you knew you were seeing and smelling progress.

Must have been humbling

You'll get way more concerts.

The soccer stadium does look cool coming across the river. So it’s got that going for it

They eliminated transit cops and stopped checking tickets for reasons you'd have to discuss in over in the DC forum. Seeing people urinate in public had become common in that town, but inside a car on the train was a new one for me. Aggressive panhandlers on the trains were a problem too.

Don't get me wrong, I'd like it if KC had more transit options, but if they aren't going to keep it clean and safe people aren't going to use them.

Or the casino can make some parking money.

They’ll be used. There’s a whole subset of urban gen z that practically vomit when they see a car per Reddit. They all busted extra fat nuts over the expansion from River market to Berkeley park. So they better use it

Maybe so. They can charge 60 to park on asphalt so that’s already a better deal

crossroads spot makes too much sense. way more attendance in this location. tons of extra people who might go early/stay late to hang downtown or crossroads. tons of new jobs to take care of all the additional spenders which increases tax revenues for the city. extra money made by royals increases payroll so we field competitive teams that increases attendances even further.

if people are against crossroads location, they hate our city.

LMAO

Your average Mayor Q voter ^^

you prefer locations that give our city fewer jobs and less tax revenues for city programs? why? crossroads location would undoubtedly be better overall for the city.

Gotta be fat Zach's alt

LMAO

If I can’t back in my pickup that I’m spending 60% of my monthly household budget on and light up a grill then this just ain’t going to work for me

I just wish he'd think about all those poor, poor senior citizen parking lot attendants losing their jobs before crowing about job creation ya know!!

You've just described the high point of about 60% of royals games unfortunately

I've been informed this downtown stadium will naturally usher in an era of prosperity so we'll all be so busy watching winning baseball that won't matter.

The integration with the south loop park that was planned before this announcement is legitimately exciting. We'll see if that thing gets kicked into turbo if this passes. 2026 WC was thrown out originally when that was proposed.

You have much to learn young inf. Also need to stop with assuming things

That's like 2/3 of what makes CP fun though

please advise? genuinely curious on why other locations would be better. the integration with the 670 highline park would be really cool for our city and create way more jobs/spending/tax revenues for the city than any other location.

also i get if people are against bc they don't like subsidizing billionaires in general.

and i get it if you don't like this spot bc of personal reasons. was being hyperbolic in original post - just meant they'd be prioritizing personal stuff over the greater good of the city/community. which everybody does.

and i'll admit my bias - i want the royals to have a good team. they'd make so much more in attendance/revenues at the crossroads spot than any other so they could finally pay enough in salaries to be relevant.

added bonus is increased jobs/taxes to make my city better.

LMAO

I know I wouldn't walk 10 feet for a women's soccer game. Well if there is nudity maybe. Is there nudity?

KC is under 500,000 the other 1.5 million live in the suburbs and drive cars like a red-blooded Americans.

There’s always a chance

dude explain why you are laughing? kansas city karens are the worst. no new airport, no public transportation, all i do is cry about parking/traffic. royals would kill at this spot and make way more tax revenue and help for the city. but nooo i'm so mad at how this will take away my favorite bar that opened up a year ago and will go away next year!!!

i love the diverseness/indie spirit of the crossroads as much as the next guy. and maybe a little bit of this goes away but it will really benefit all the breweries and the good local spots. will be way better for KC if this goes through.

I think it's a great thing to happen. Opposing fans will enjoy the improved downtown area while bringing in cash into the area. Welcome everyone but hope they Royals win.

i understand if total progressives or i hate all business/giving tax dollars to sports franchises hate this bc they are idiots...but there are actual chiefs/sports fans or normal regular people that don't like this? blows my mind. it's the best thing this city has ever proposed. have you guys looked at the images and how cool this will be for our city? just have realized many people are stupid and don't want change. they should move to small towns where they don't have to worry about parking.

It wont do jack squat till they get real ownership that is serious about winning baseball. Shyster Sherman ain't that.