Saul Good thinks KC is Chicago or NY.

In those cities, yes a lot if not most people work downtown in the city.

The number of people that live in Kansas City is around 500k, with a metro area of about 2 million according to wiki.

Would I be opposed to having a downtown stadium? Not really. But I don't think it needs to happen, I think the Truman Sports Complex is just fine the way it is.

I will agree though that it sucks there are no bars/restaurants in the area.

Parking has been a bitch for me at the Sprint center and P&L. I can't imagine what it would be like for a downtown stadium. Doesn't really matter though..... as long as Glass owns the team.

I agree. When you go downtown you sure as heck don't park at P&L and walk to Crown Center. People actually within walking distance of a downtown stadium would be minimal. And also, how many people would you LOSE each game? A lot of families go to games and I am sure far fewer would be wanting to take their wife and three kids to a game downtown.

You got anything to back that up other than your opinion?

You mention 4 NFL teams and 1 MLB team, the freakin Yanks! Seriously, trying to compare the loyalty of Yankee fans to Royals fans is truly FAIL. Same goes for the Cubs comparison in somebody's later post. Haven't Cubs fans proven they'll show up for loser teams for a a couple/three decades now?

As for NFL, again 8 regular season home games is a completely different situation than 80 home games. Location is really not a pressing issue for 8 home dates over 4 months.

I've got a shit ton of receipts from my last trip to Saint Louis.

Baseball games in downtown stadiums are events. Baseball games in Raytown are gatherings.

Look where those idiots built their stadium. It's right in the middle of where tens of thousands of people work and socialize every day. Why the **** would they do that?

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...schStadium.jpg

Now this is what I call vision. No buildings or people to get in the way of that beautiful 120 acre parking lot. It's just perfect for all those people who want to leave work at 5:00, drive home in rush hour traffic, get home at 5:45, get back in the car at 6:05, hit the taco bell in Raytown on the way at 6:30, pay to park, roll into the stadium at 6:50, and drive straight home after the game.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/1981/142.jpg

Yeah, I mean look at the way the Orioles and Pirates have just been talking over baseball with their downtown stadiums.

Hey, I think a downtown stadium would be great. We don't and won't have one. How do we improve what we have?

You do realize that Busch Stadium was privately financed, correct? And that the city gave Cardinals major tax breaks after they had a plan in place for a stadium in Illinois?

Look at what these dumb****s did.

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...acbellpark.jpg

Its really not that easy.

Mention the Marlins and how they ****ed the city when building their new stadium.

By throwing a few hundred million more dollars of public funds towards enriching David Glass?

Am I right?

Go to the crossroads or pnl during the week. I promise you people will go to the baseball game instead.