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Well I am from the Northland and have no problem with downtown. I worked in various areas in the downtown area for 25 years. Offices right in the city center then Plaza then over right near Crown Center before I transferred over to the energy division of my engineering firm I work for. Not opposed to a downtown baseball stadium at all. But I am familiar with all the problems particularly with the infrastructure in that area. Our firm has done four feasibility studies that I know of for clients who were interested in bringing baseball downtown KC. The old Trinity Lutheran Hosp right by WWII memorial fell through. The Federal Reserve is now in that location. Where the T Mobile arena is now. Conned by the Leiwickies that basketball would be a better place. The 16th and 17th and Broadway locations, Kauffman Performing Arts theater reside there now. And a location near the KCMO city hall and Fed Courthouse.
All these fell through because of the cost of improving the infrastructure in the area scared them off. None of those issues has been fixed that I know of.
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