Free Agent Signings:
Carlos Santana
Mike Minor
Michael Taylor
Ervin Santana
Top 10 Prospects:
1 Bobby Witt Jr., SS
2 Asa Lacy, LHP
3 Daniel Lynch, LHP
4 Jackson Kowar, RHP
5 Erick Pena, OF
6 Nick Loftin, SS
7 Kyle Isbel, OF
8 Khali Lee, OF
9 Jonathan Bowlan, RHP
10 Carlos Hernedez, RHP [Reply]
Originally Posted by srvy:
Young pipsqueaks with opinions that are always wrong and react before thinking are the worst.
You will be the first screaming bloody murder about parking and spending 2 hours trying to exit the downtown loop.
A few things on that...
1) I'd expect the stadium to be a little smaller. More like 32-35k rather than 38-40k. Fewer seats, nicer seats is the way it's trending.
2) Rideshares will be a big factor (like leaving a very busy airport, which runs VERY smoothly and quickly).
3) Public transit will be a factor (bus/lightrail can get a lot of people in city center there
4) After-work attendance will be a factor (lots of big companies with downtown presences, will buy seats and give people the option of leaving work, walking a few blocks to the stadium, and attending. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry:
I've gotten out of the parking garages quicker at Busch Stadium than I have had at the Sports Complex.
No kidding, parking downtown should not be a worry after the absolute cluster Truman sports complex is. Spread out to different locations vs everyone in one area trying to get out 4 gates. It’s crazy how bad parking is at Truman. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Boxer_Chief:
I don’t get why so many are opposed to downtown stadium. Every stadium I’ve gone to in another city with a downtown park is so much better. It’s a much cooler vibe and experience. The younger crowd will like it more, tailgating for baseball is just so much worse than football. Not to mention it will get more visitors to the ballpark and make KC like like an actual major city, which will only benefit the owners. The K as it is is just played out, it’s time for a fresh start.
Because KC is a city that isn't like others in that it's all spread out. People lose their minds when there's no parking and from growing up there I know about 80% of northlanders hate leaving the northland and mention downtown and you might aswell have asked them to jog to Mexico.
This city has a strange dynamic in some ways. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Boxer_Chief:
No kidding, parking downtown should not be a worry after the absolute cluster Truman sports complex is. Spread out to different locations vs everyone in one area trying to get out 4 gates. It’s crazy how bad parking is at Truman.
It really is bad. It's just the illusion of the lots close to the stadium.
I live the same distance away from Kansas City or St. Louis. I come to a Royals game, I normally just drive up go to game and then get something to eat in Lee's Summit and then go home. I go to a Cardinals game, I get a hotel, go to game, stay in the city do the downtown thing and then go home the next day. Just look at the economic dynamic there. I can't be the only one from out of town that does that. [Reply]
Early on in the press conference, but Sherman led with the fact that JJ was the leader in modernizing the front office and player development and the data science and analytics that are getting the results we're seeing now. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Deberg_1990:
Not sure what you mean here? There are plenty of cities with more urban sprawl than KC.
It's not a city where lots of big things are centrally located, hell in most big cities you can function without a car, not so much in this one. [Reply]
Jesus Christ, Dayton says all decisions will go through him and if a tie breaking vote needs done, then he will be the deciding vote. Matheny is doing an amazing job too! [Reply]