KC Current Stadium Rising Despite Billionaire Double Talk About Tax Breaks

We would've just thrown this in a compilation BUT it's worth noting for one reason . . .

Remember when they said they were building this without any subsidy (???) . . . Yeah, they don't say that anymore . . . 

Here's the far more optimistic perspective . . .

The $118 million, 11,500-seat stadium is being built as part of a 50-year lease with Port KC. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that it's expected to factor into $16.9 million and $20.2 million in new Kansas City and state tax revenues.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC Current stadium will begin to rise in March

Posted: Updated: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The team building the Kansas City Current stadium in Berkley Riverfront Park will hit a milestone this month as crews begin erecting steel columns and pouring concrete, making the stadium's foundation visible for the first time. The team referred to the progress as "going vertical" in a tweet on Friday morning .

Current Riverfront Stadium to start building vertical later this month, team announces

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With the site excavated and utility structures installed, the new Kansas City Current Stadium, which will be located at Berkley Riverfront Park, is ready to be built vertically later this month, the team announced on Instagram.

Developing . . .