SHAME!!! KANSAS CITY AUTO SHOW THREATENS TO ABANDON DOWNTOWN AFTER CONVENTION CENTER CONVERTED TO HOMELESS COVID WARMING CENTER!!!
It turns out the economic border war betwixt Kansas & Missouri is back on despite promises from politicos on both sides of the state line.
Even worse . . .
HELPING THE HOMELESS HURT THE DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY BRAND!!!
Selling overpriced cars to suckers is all about crafting an image . . . Sadly, charity for the less fortunate doesn't inspire motorist dreams.
Moreover, some of the smarter denizens of our blog community noted that there would be long term consequences for setting up a hobo hangout at a place of business.
Check the damage . . .
KSHB: KC Auto Show officials want to move from Missouri to Kansas
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The auto show has historically been held in Bartle Hall at the Kansas City Convention Center in March.
Larry Carl, CEO of the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Kansas City sent written testimony to lawmakers in support of Senate Bill 33. In Carl's testimony, he expressed interest in moving the auto show to the Kansas Speedway for a June 2021 event.
"The inherent nature of drivability at the Speedway creates consumer excitement and enthusiastic engagement that all parties desire," Carl said.
Carl added in his testimony that the move would be beneficial for the Kansas, Wyandotte County and other communities,
"The desire to move the Kansas City Auto Show from Missouri to Kansas is a major move, but one that is ripe with opportunity and benefit," Carl said. "At the heart of the shift is to provide consumers with a reinvigorated and innovative event. We are going through this process because it is the proper way to administer change and compliance."
On Twitter, Mayor Quinton Lucas called plans to move the long-established auto event out of KCMO "unbalanced regionalism at its finest."
Developing . . .
Actually, a great move for the metro overall. Might even get more custoemrs for local auto dealers.
ReplyDeleteWell done!
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DeleteYou still buy cars in person?
Trash.
Nothing like that new car smell...
ReplyDeleteone cannot keep playing a drum with a busted head.
ReplyDeleteone cannot eat cheese without a lariet
ReplyDeleteOne cannot govern a city with a drunken professor.
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ReplyDeleteof course..Move It!..who would attend anything around Bartle with all the bums moping around..get mugged..get your car broken into..ehh..no thanks!
The auto show has been going downhill for a while. This is just what it needs to be a great event.
ReplyDeleteOh no another gimme gimme gimme hand out giveaway to private industry that’s going to Kansas. That’s like finding out your 32-year-old son is moving out of the basement. Nobody cries.
ReplyDeleteBad PR for the Home Show to open with homeless at Bartle.
ReplyDelete"SHAME!!! KANSAS CITY AUTO SHOW THREATENS TO ABANDON DOWNTOWN AFTER CONVENTION CENTER CONVERTED TO HOMELESS COVID WARMING CENTER!!!"
ReplyDeleteYou are completely full of shit, Tony.
Kansas SB33, which would allow the event to take place in Kansas, was introduced on January 14th. The letter of support posted to the Kansas Senate Transportation Committee was written January 21st. Not sure why those dates are important? The Scott Eicke warming center did not open at Bartle Hall until January 29th. This attempted move of the auto show was being planned long before the warming center even existed. The move has absolutely nothing to do with the current use of Bartle Hall.
LMAO. Why would they want to open in a crime-infested shit hole like KCMO? Same reason other businesses said no to KC and yes to Kansas. No one wants to go there anymore. No one feels safe. Remember the tiny punk ass mayor marching with BLM and Antifa yelling "no justice, no peace?" Well, Karma is biting you in the ass right now, isn't it. Fucking scumbag whining about "regionalism." You made your rat-infested bed, now lie in it, Pucas.
ReplyDeleteThis won't be the last event that moves.
ReplyDeleteHoping the Black Panthers don't work the doors at the auto show.
ReplyDeleteGet woke go broke!
ReplyDeleteThis is just the tip of the iceberg. The actions of our mayor will cost the city for decades.
ReplyDeleteThe homeless consider it their new home,never moving out, will hang out there outside once it warms up
ReplyDeleteThe House that Cleaver drove the city into big debt to build for conventions is now skid row billion $$ brillant Q. CLUELESS
ReplyDeleteThis Mayor has ruined Kansas City in just one year's time. Wow; this is really bad.
ReplyDeleteHundreds of Millions in taxpayer funds invested in downtown is going to be lost to this idiot's college professor social justice stupidity.
It’s about fucking time. I got tired of going there to n that dump called KC Proper.
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