Originally Posted by DJJasonp:
Can't think of one corporate chain surrounding Petco Park.......matter of fact, the one I can recall (tilted kilt) went out of business.
plenty of small businesses around too.
Been to Gaslamp a lot... only one I can think of is Fogo de Chao... [Reply]
Originally Posted by Chris Meck:
There was nothing there north of I-70 then. I had no problem with the arena, other than the tax abatements and corporate chain restaurants and bars that have nothing to do with KC dominating everything and funnelling all of the money out of the city. It stands as a huge missed opportunity.
This plan has all of the same actors, with the added goat**** of destroying a KC success story to replace it with another round of tax abatements and corporate chain bullshit funnelling the money out of the city again.
This isn't progress, it's a grift.
Yup Crossroads is one of the few areas that isn't watered down bullshit. All this talk about how stadiums bring development yet the area around the stadiums never developed and they avoided moving to the East Village. Why? Because development wouldn't take off. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Yup Crossroads is one of the few areas that isn't watered down bullshit. All this talk about how stadiums bring development yet the area around the stadiums never developed and they avoided moving to the East Village. Why? Because development wouldn't take off.
We are finally in agreement on something. How about that? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Woogieman:
I'm confused...many are calling downtown a dangerous shithole, but also lament the bars and restaurants that will be replaced. Weird...
See they like the bars in that part so the stadium is supposed to go in the dangerous shithole part. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Woogieman:
I'm confused...many are calling downtown a dangerous shithole, but also lament the bars and restaurants that will be replaced. Weird...
You're confused because those are coming from different people.
'dangerous shithole' people are afraid of the city, and don't live here andthe people who are pissed that they are going to tear out a thriving entertainment district actually live, work, and play here. That clear it up? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Woogieman:
I'm confused...many are calling downtown a dangerous shithole, but also lament the bars and restaurants that will be replaced. Weird...
Boomers love their parking lots, suburbanites fear the crime, hippisters love their shitty bars and art galleries [Reply]