John Sherman's Wife Makes Stunning Declaration on Royals/Chiefs Future

[T-post Tom]

In comments under a public Facebook post, Marny Sherman said, "Unfortunately neither team will work with Jackson County again. The lack of leadership has lost the city two treasured assets."

Not a good look for an owner’s wife imho. Didn’t realize that she was also a spokesperson for the Hunt family.

"Unfortunately neither team will work with Jackson County again," wrote the wife of Royals owner John Sherman in a Facebook comment. https://t.co/Kd5o8mCTu8

— KCTV5 News (@KCTV5) April 5, 2024

https://kckingdom.com/posts/john-she...e-01htq9p3m4b8

[ThrobProng]

P&L seems like the type of area that out-of-towners frequently visit, but locals mostly avoid like the plague (not counting the arena). It's cool to check out once, but there's no need to go back a second time.

[FloridaMan88]

Link: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news...sales-tax-vote

Frank White has not had contact with, Royals, Chiefs since sales tax vote. Teams are exploring options about their future locations

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Executive Frank White told legislators Monday he has not had contact with the Chiefs and Royals since voters rejected a sales tax proposal on April 2 to help fund stadium projects for each team.

White said he hadn’t reached out to the teams. He added, “They haven’t reached out to me at this point. It’s only been a few days.”

Legislator Manny Abarca, who’s been critical of White during the negotiations ahead of April’s vote, asked White about his strategy now.

“Well, you’re advocating for them to go to Kansas,” White responded. “I don’t know if that’s a good strategy for an elected official in Missouri to have. My goal is to reach out to the teams and see if I can get them back to the table so we can try to move this thing forward.”

White was referring to Abarca’s comments on election night when he told KSHB 41 News the tax failure opens the door for Kansas to poach one or both teams from Jackson County.

“The reality is that [Kansas] Governor Kelly is looking at this election and saying, ‘Wow, maybe there’s an opportunity before December.’ If I were her, that would be the first place I would call,” Abarca said last week.

Voters denied a 3/8th-cent sales tax over 40 years that would have collected about $2 billion for the teams to split. The Chiefs would have used their share of the money to renovate GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. The Royals planned to use their share of the money to build a new stadium in downtown Kansas City’s Crossroads neighborhood. Both teams would’ve invested their own private dollars into their respective projects alongside funds collected through the tax.

White told legislators he has a strategy moving forward, but did not want to share any details publicly.

Both teams said they'd evaluate their options following the sales tax failure.

[Chris Meck]

Originally Posted by Fish

The economic reality of the Power & Light district:

During Power & Light's lifespan, through April 2022, Kansas City has picked up the tab on at least $167.1 million in total principal and interest payments, an average of $10.4 million a year, the Kansas City Business Journal determined through analysis of city financial reports.

Power & Light's debt service stems from $295 million in bonds the city issued in 2006 to help Baltimore-based The Cordish Cos. build the eight-block, $350 million project. But in all except one fiscal year — 2008, which covered Power & Light's opening — the cocktail of local and state sales, property and earnings tax revenues it pledged to pay off the bonds has fallen short.

[...]

In 2004, the City Council in 2004 approved Power & Light's development terms after reviewing a report from C.H. Johnson Consulting, which concluded that the district would more than cover its debt service using $619 million in new taxes over a 25-year period. To date, revenues available from the district for bond payments have totaled $104 million.

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansasci....html?ana=wdaf

Cordish is Lucy, and KC is Charlie Brown.

[UteChief]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

If you've got some time to waste look into Chase Field with a lease up in 3 years with no plan in place (for all you its got to get done in 2 years people)

High level, PHX is worried about the downtown blight an abandoned stadium will bring to downtown and wants to work something out to keep up their downtown destination momentum but the Diamondbacks want a location with more residential/commercial combo thats more the trend (cough Legends cough) and have been pitching other location like Henderson, NV (for leverage)

Plus back in the original 3-1 vote that approved Chase as a downtown stadium one of the 'yes' votes was shot by the opposition. So it can always get worse

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...y/72898676007/

Is there a free version?

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Link: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news...sales-tax-vote

We get it man, Frank White Sodomized you one day.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by UteChief

Is there a free version?

Ugh I was just on that site yesterday no problem

Here's an SI version

https://www.si.com/mlb/diamondbacks/...a-stadium-deal

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Link: https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news...sales-tax-vote

Good

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

If you've got some time to waste look into Chase Field with a lease up in 3 years with no plan in place (for all you its got to get done in 2 years people)

High level, PHX is worried about the downtown blight an abandoned stadium will bring to downtown and wants to work something out to keep up their downtown destination momentum but the Diamondbacks want a location with more residential/commercial combo thats more the trend (cough Legends cough) and have been pitching other location like Henderson, NV (for leverage)

Plus back in the original 3-1 vote that approved Chase as a downtown stadium one of the 'yes' votes was shot by the opposition. So it can always get worse

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news...y/72898676007/

And that stadium is only 25 years old with a retractable roof, restaurant in the outfield, pool in center field... and there was so much drama over the tax at the time, a county employee got shot by a homeless man.

[neech]

Holding grudges for decades can't to healthy for you, let it go Frank.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

And that stadium is only 25 years old with a retractable roof, restaurant in the outfield, pool in center field... and there was so much drama over the tax at the time, a county employee got shot by a homeless man.

I caught a game there last summer and it may have been the saddest sporting event I've attended and my dad used to take me to the NAIA basketball tournament at Kemper when I was a kid

I guess the roof isn't safe to open during any kind of attendance and the AC is definitely shot

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

I caught a game there last summer and it may have been the saddest sporting event I've attended and my dad used to take me to the NAIA basketball tournament at Kemper when I was a kid

I guess the roof isn't safe to open during any kind of attendance and the AC is definitely shot

I sat in the upper deck during my first game there in July 2017, and it wasn't awful, but definitely on the warm side (plus more humid with monsoons)... it was far more comfortable at the Cards stadium for the Chiefs game when it was 105⁰ outside.

Didn't know that about the roof, yikes.

[KCUnited]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

I sat in the upper deck during my first game there in July 2017, and it wasn't awful, but definitely on the warm side (plus more humid with monsoons)... it was far more comfortable at the Cards stadium for the Chiefs game when it was 105⁰ outside.

Didn't know that about the roof, yikes.

I went during the peak of our recorded breaking run of number of days above 110F last summer so that certainly didn't help

The other time it was for a Royals game so I sprung for a $20 club level ticket and practically had the entire stadium to myself which was just weird

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

I went during the peak of our recorded breaking run of number of days above 110F last summer so that certainly didn't help

The other time it was for a Royals game so I sprung for a $20 club level ticket and practically had the entire stadium to myself which was just weird

I went to their WC game in 2017 (iirc) and it wasn't anything special... it was nice to see the stadium full, but didn't nearly match the energy of the Royals playoff games.

The last game I went to was similar to your experience... had nice seats and Moustakas was playing for the Reds. Not much energy, not a ton of people.

I've always like sitting out in the TGIF seats and having a full meal brought to you.

[blake5676]

Originally Posted by Woogieman

The Shermans live in Sunset Hill between Ward Parkway and Loose Park (KCMO)

You're a real stickler, huh?

But you're technically correct. I was off by definition by about a block and a half to the west. On a sidenote, I actually went to John Sherman's house and sat on his sofa with none other than Twisted Chief himself!

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

And that stadium is only 25 years old with a retractable roof, restaurant in the outfield, pool in center field... and there was so much drama over the tax at the time, a county employee got shot by a homeless man.

Bought ourself a Championship tho.
**** the pool.
Watching Randy Johnson come out of left field as a closing pitcher.
Goosebumps.
That is a historical landmark.
I crossed home plate with Gonzos twins for crying out loud!