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Old 10-04-2017, 04:51 PM  
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Kansas City begins talk and studies for downtown ballpark
http://www.kansascity.com/news/polit...177058541.html

The city of Kansas City is funding a study of at least four potential sites for a downtown baseball stadium for the Kansas City Royals, according to documents obtained by The Star.

A series of emails shows that Kansas City Manager Troy Schulte was involved in funding studies of four sites within the downtown loop that might be suitable for a baseball stadium.

Two of those sites, according to slides prepared by architecture firm HOK, are immediately adjacent to the Sprint Center, one to the north and one to the east.

Another site is East Village, several blocks of mostly undeveloped land and surface parking lots east of City Hall. A fourth site would involve several blocks of mostly surface parking lots beginning at the northwest corner of 8th and Main streets.

Others involved in the planning include Jon Copaken, principal with real estate development firm Copaken-Brooks, the Downtown Council of Kansas City, JE Dunn, The Cordish Co. and Tower Properties.

Schulte said the studies started after the Downtown Council approached City Hall about the feasibility of downtown baseball. Schulte added that he agreed to help fund a study to consider whether the four sites would work so that the city could plan ahead if the idea gained momentum.

“At this point it’s nothing more than hopes and dreams and discussions,” Schulte said.

A May 12 email from Copaken obtained by The Star suggested that conversations with the Royals and Jackson County have started.

“[T]he studies are underway, invoices are out, conversations from the County and the team are actually heading in the right way and we are sufficiently in the loop to know that real progress is being achieved,” Copaken wrote.

Kevin Uhlich, senior vice president of business operations for the Royals, said he had been contacted about downtown baseball stadium proposals earlier this year.
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Old 10-04-2017, 05:47 PM   #31
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He's right. Even with light rail it probably won't work - at least it hasn't in Houston. Of course Houston is much larger than KC so maybe that has something to do with why it doesn't work well here. The Astrodome was so EASY to get to, easy to park, leave etc. Parking at Minute Maid is a nightmare - light rail runs right to it too. I get that it's the "In thing" to have a shiny, new Downtown ball park these days. Till you get one...
You are virtually the only person I've ever talked to that didn't like their cities downtown stadium.
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Old 10-04-2017, 05:51 PM   #32
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Downtown to put it simply is a shithole. The Royals won’t change that. Sprint Center was built on the cheap. Made downtown worse.
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Old 10-04-2017, 05:52 PM   #33
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You are virtually the only person I've ever talked to that didn't like their cities downtown stadium.
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Old 10-04-2017, 05:55 PM   #34
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I was in Denver 2-3 years ago and a client wanted to take me to a Rockies game. OK - no big deal. Went to the stadium (which is "sort of" downtown) and watched the game. The game, if I remember, it started at 2:00 in the afternoon and was over around 5:30 or thereabouts.

I was staying at a hotel in Longmont - 35 miles away - and it took 3 hours for me to get back there off of I-25.

Keep the K where it is....much easier to get in and out of after a game.
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This idea is as dumb as the OP.
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Old 10-04-2017, 05:59 PM   #36
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Navigating and parking downtown sucks hard. This is a nonstarter without a better public transit system.
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Lots of time between a study and a plan. I like the current stadium, but no hurt in planning ahead if people want it downtown in 10 years. Development downtown is ramping up and forward thinking is great. It even says in the article it is hopes and dreams at this stage, but knowing the other downtown proposals people are looking at like potentially closing the north loop, the riverfront developments, and streetcar expansion, seems like a good idea to know now where they would target a ballpark "IF" it ever had strong support. That 4th option, the 8th and main grid of surface lots, could easily be replaced with a couple of well planned garages saving or even increasing parking capacity. It also might be a reason to keep the north loop for access.

I really don't think this would be the highest priority for the city at this point though whatever the study recommends.
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Lots of time between a study and a plan. I like the current stadium, but no hurt in planning ahead if people want it downtown in 10 years. Development downtown is ramping up and forward thinking is great. It even says in the article it is hopes and dreams at this stage, but knowing the other downtown proposals people are looking at like potentially closing the north loop, the riverfront developments, and streetcar expansion, seems like a good idea to know now where they would target a ballpark "IF" it ever had strong support. That 4th option, the 8th and main grid of surface lots, could easily be replaced with a couple of well planned garages saving or even increasing parking capacity. It also might be a reason to keep the north loop for access.

I really don't think this would be the highest priority for the city at this point though whatever the study recommends.
Hell, I remember Kietzman raising hell about not having a downtown ball park back in the late 90s. Hasn't happened yet and I wouldn't expect anything to happen for the next 15-20 years.
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Sprint Center is easy to park and I have been there for many sold out concerts that wouldn't be that much different from a baseball game.
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