That would have been a great location.
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Yeah. That area isn't dangerous at all just a random incident from someone in the east side acting a fool. The good thing about a stadium at 18th and Troost would be the gentrification. With alot of government housing those properties would get bought up and redeveloped sending those people into Independence, Raytown, and hopefully the older parts of Lee's Summit. It is what NYC did and crime went down.
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There is no way in hell the Jackson County residents and elected officials should allow the Royals to leave that is way too much lost revenue. That is why I think this thing passes no matter what because the threat of moving it to Kansas will drum up enough votes in favor for it.

It would cost more to develop that area of KC then it would to build a downtown ball park.

Btw grant it I was like 16 when the whole downtown development debate took place but I was against it. However the city is so deep into it we have no choice but to go all in. I would have develope the area between the plaza/Westport connecting it to make it KCs main entertainment hub and addressed crime, infrastructure and pumping money into UMKC to make it a more attractive school for out of town people. You look at every big city they have a good university. We dont.
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See this is what I'm trying to say and also notice Discuss never addressed the density comment either. I live 5 miles away on the plaza. I would attend many more games because I could hop on the street car, get a ticket for cheap and party after. There are way more people who live within 5 miles and could easily commute to a game compared to where the stadium is currently at and the surrounding business would no doubt profit.
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Something tells me you probably wouldn't spring for the ~$15 round trip uber ride from the Plaza to DT on a frequent basis and I'm gonna go further on that limb to say you're going to be in a comfortable majority of people who will also make that decision.

Here's the best comparison to KC that I can be assed to look into. If Milwaukee can't see a clear positive fiscal impact on a downtown stadium then there's no fucking way KC can see one.
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The 1 time I ubered to a Chiefs game was before the agreement with Z Trip and it was 40 each way with surge pricing. Not sure if the Royals have the same agreement. Either way I can use that money to drink and have less of a commute.

Anyone who thinks Sherman will invest a billion dollars and not shop around for the best deal to increase revenue is an idiot. If you dont think Kansas will offer some sort of sweet deal you are naive. The ball will be in KC/Jackson Counties court. With the majority of the population of Jackson Co living in KC, Sherman,
Populous, and Cornish making money off this and pouring money into a new stadium campaign theres not a chance it fails unless the economy has tanked like 2008.
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First paragraph: A Chiefs game isn't a Royals' game.

Second paragraph: if that's the case then you kiss the Kansas City Royals' collective ass goodbye. As Prison Bitch pointed out Sherman's ownership group is going to be hamstrung by interest payments to put the requisite amount of money into a new ballpark regardless of locale so if he's more interested in the bottom line than he is in any sort of community loyalty then it's not a certainty that Kansas City will continue to have an MLB team.
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You have no idea what you’re babbling about. Kansas can’t afford a new ballpark. In 2002 or so they discussed financing for building a new Arrowhead out at the Legends and the $$$ required was a nonstarter. Kansas will never get a pro team.
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:-) and yet they built the legends, the speedway, the baseball stadium and talked about bidding for Amazon HQ2 and KCI.
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Prison Bitch just doesn't want to have to travel further from Lee's Summit and downtown KC scares him because it has black people and even Mexicans.
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Diamondbacks are likely moving out of downtown Phoenix.
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So a team with a 21 year old stadium is looking into a new one but we should stay in the one that's nearly 50 is fine?

Doesnt sound like downtown is the issue
""We'd love them to be in Chase Field, but we really want them to stay in Maricopa County because that's what the taxpayers bargained for," Barney said. "We don't have the ability to put more money in the stadium nor will we build them a new stadium. If they can find something that will take them the next 20, 30, 40 years in Maricopa County outside of Chase Field, great. As long as they're here — that's our goal."
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You start threads about KCMO crime constantly, you dipshit
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It's not about the stadium.
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How does that make me affraid of minorities? If that were the case dont think I'd live on the plaza bud.
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