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Royals leaving the K (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=346091)

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection (Post 16607123)

You should go to a lot more stadiums then. Also Fenway sucks (unless it has improved significantly over the past decade).

Fenway is a gem. Its amazing. Great character. I was told I would hate Boston. I didn't

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Originally Posted by Chris Meck (Post 16607038)

It'll absolutely be a bunch of chain bullshit. There won't be a single thing in walking distance that's actually legit KC. As in, born raised, made their salt here.

This is why I hate these types of projects. Before they put the Sprint Center in, the Crossroads area was organically beginning to thrive; arts and music and all locally owned businesses. Then Power and Blight, almost entirely chain shit from out of state. Locals are slowly getting pushed out as the developers snatch up real estate for rich people who want to live in a 'hip, urban environment', but actually hate everything about that and actually just turn it all into a whitewashed dystopia of chain restaurants, Starbucks, and some ****ing Toby Keith's yeehaw ****ing asshole bars.

Whether they plop this down right in the Crossroads district or just north, this will drive the real estate prices so high there won't be a local business anywhere in that area in 10 years. It'll all be ****ing Applebees and bullshit like that. Giant ****ing strip mall. Yay. Progress. Is this downtown Cleveland? No, Kansas City? Huh. Same difference, I guess.

****in' yuck.

I think you are giving a lot of credit to what downtown and the crossroads was before Power and Light. It would have been amazing if downtown was more dynamic without needing a district like that but it was not the case and people simply were not living downtown or going downtown at all.

I am sympathetic to your concerns I live downtown and know first hand some of the annoying stuff about it but it was not better before. Nobody was even around to like or not like something or have an opinion on it. Not everything is a local gem in a metropolitan area Power and Light is like a ridiculous adult Disney Land its plastic and chain but has helped the area bring in more people and do more things...allowed it to turn a corner.

There are amazing local Kansas City places everywhere. Just because they are not directly across the street from an area is ok. You can still have a drink at the Campground or a pizza and beer at Caddyshack. Downtown and the surrounding area have enough for everyone. Hell even Zoo bar still shines bright. LMAO

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16607127)

Id rather be in worst stadium and not have to drive to Raytown

Fair enough. I don’t live in KC and am not a Royals fan so that part of it doesn’t much matter to me when I’m in town.

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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 16606651)

They should go downtown. Baseball is built for that. Little to no tailgating and less crowds.

Plus more vagrants and homeless

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16607118)

Ive been to Astos, Boston, Rockies, Cards and Yanks.

Its only better than Yankees

This take should be fired into the sun. The Astros? That's a joke. It's not even close.

They have been laying the groundwork for this in direct and indirect ways downtown for a while now.

This will allow the Chiefs to have max flexibility to take over all of Truman sports complex and do some interesting things.

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Originally Posted by threebag (Post 16607132)

Plus more vagrants and homeless

Would be less...actually. downtown is very affluent

Boomers will hate it.

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 16607142)

Would be less...actually. downtown is very affluent

tell me you don't go downtown without telling me you don't go downtown

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Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry (Post 16607113)

Actual stadium is great. Trouble is it located where an Amazon warehouse needs to be, not a MLB stadium.

Are you going to a Baseball or football game or a tour of 3 to four city blocks?

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Originally Posted by Demonpenz (Post 16607156)

Boomers will hate it.

If the city commits to building a 30 story parking garage across the street with extra wide spaces that you can fit a super duty in then it will win them over

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Originally Posted by Pablo (Post 16607180)

If the city commits to building a 30 story parking garage across the street with extra wide spaces that you can fit a super duty in then it will win them over

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Originally Posted by Pablo (Post 16607180)

If the city commits to building a 30 story parking garage across the street with extra wide spaces that you can fit a super duty in then it will win them over

All the Royals fans can pile into the toy train and ride the loop for free!

This Baseball owner needs to focus on producing a winning team not rebuilding a city. We want good competitive baseball if you give us that we fill the seats. The bottom line fix the team first if you need a new stadium then pay for it yourself.

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Originally Posted by |Zach| (Post 16607181)

There will still be ample Vespa parking in the NE corner of floor one