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Originally Posted by Saul Good
All things being equal, a downtown stadium improves attendance and does more for the local economy. Of course winning matters. The weather matters, too. Neither are part of this particular discussion, however.
The Cubs have the second worst record in baseball, but they are going to have 1.2 million fans walk through their turnstiles than their first-place citymates who play in the Chicago equivalent of Raytown.
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Well first Wrigley Field isn't a good comparison because it is more of a tourist attraction than anything else. I imagine most people like myself who went to Chicago during baseball season have to go to Wrigley at least once.
Second I have been in a lot of the biggest cities in the country downtown and in comparison KC is a ghost town. There isn't millions of people walking around there is like 10-20. When people come to KC they mostly stay at the Plaza area or Crown Center. Those areas probably wouldn't be a bad place to build a stadium.
I do like the Sports Complex though because the ease of access getting in and out. But there really isn't any space to build things around it since it is mostly all parking and highways.