Royals Announce New Ballpark in "The Heart of Downtown KC"

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

It's not like they tore down the original Gates BBQ to build the arena and P&L... what was there before, Temptations?

There was nothing there north of I-70 then. I had no problem with the arena, other than the tax abatements and corporate chain restaurants and bars that have nothing to do with KC dominating everything and funnelling all of the money out of the city. It stands as a huge missed opportunity.

This plan has all of the same actors, with the added goat**** of destroying a KC success story to replace it with another round of tax abatements and corporate chain bullshit funnelling the money out of the city again.

This isn't progress, it's a grift.