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Originally Posted by Smed1065
That and the old one was located in about the same as Raytown......Just crack instead meth.
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And it was impossible to get to with Atlanta’s bad traffic.
If the Braves can leave Fulton County, there is no reason the Royals couldn’t similarly leave Jackson County for a suburban location.
The main barrier appears to be imagination and initiative from Sherman.
Truist Park (the Braves new stadium) was a public/private finance deal between the team and Cobb County, but the surrounding mixed use development was mostly initiated by the team with a $400 million initial investment.
And they helped secure hotels, residential development, business develop, etc. They worked with Live Nation to redevelop a concert venue nearby.
They also partnered with Comcast and Papa John’s to bring their Southeast regional HQ and global HQ respectively to the development.