KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN STREET CLOSURE AND PARKING DISASTER IN THE MAKING: WELCOME TO MARCH MADNESS!!!
The Kansas City Downtown Council reminds us that over the next three weeks the Sprint Center and Municipal Auditorium will play host to four tournaments — the Big 12 men's b-ball, the NAIA men’s nationals, the NCAA men’s nationals first round and the MIAA men’s and women’s conference – stretching from March 7-24.
The Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association (KCCVA) estimates the economic impact of the Big 12 and NAIA tournaments at $11.5 million. This is based on spending by the attendees and the organization . . . And maybe some fairy dust.
MORE IMPORTANTLY . . . DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY STREETS ARE GOING TO BE A MESS DURING MARCH AND PARKING PRICES WILL SKYROCKET!!!
For locals . . . This could be a GREAT EXCUSE to avoid all activities in the loop . . .
Here's just a preview . . .
BIG 12 STREET CLOSURES
Please be advised that fan fests and other Championship activities will close the following streets:
- Grand Boulevard (between 13th Street and Truman Road): closed starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 11, through midnight on Sunday, March 17.
- 14th Street (between Walnut Street and Grand Boulevard): closed starting at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 11, through midnight on Sunday, March 17.
- Walnut Street (between 13th and 14th streets): closed starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 12, through midnight on Sunday, March 17.
In addition, Kansas City’s Inaugural Big 12 5K Fun Run and Family Stroll will close the following streets on Saturday, March 16, starting at 9 a.m. and lasting until the conclusion of the race (roughly 10:30 a.m.):
- Grand Boulevard (between Truman and Pershing roads)
- 16th Street (between Broadway Street and Grand Boulevard)
- Broadway Street (between 17th and 16th streets)
- 17th Street (between Broadway Street and Baltimore Avenue)
- Baltimore Avenue (between 17th Street and Southwest Boulevard)
- Southwest Boulevard (between Broadway Street and Baltimore Avenue)
- W. Pennway Street (between Southwest Boulevard and Pershing Road)
- Pershing Road (between W. Pennway Street and Grand Boulevard)
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5 Comments:
"economic impact" is the most bogus term ever. The snowstorms probably had 11 million of economic impact. Lots of people made money off of it but was it positive for the area? Economic impact doesn't measure whether an activity is positive or negative it just measures money changing hands.
Good comment. Sometimes good financial news gets lost in the mix.
The NBA only brings more NIGGERS to KC. If that is a plus, then let's import rats, disease, plaque and diptheria as well.
If we only had a toy train....
Does the CVA have an estimate of the NET economic impact of those events? They can start by putting the $12M per year subsidy for the P&L District on the other side of the balance sheet. And that even begin to address construction costs.
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