Kansas City Royals Already Losing Fans 2023 Amid Downtown Stadium Distraction

Reports of crowd size and public interest are pretty dismal.

And so we ask . . .

Is Kansas City going to make the same airport mistake again . . . Are downtown boosters arguing that people will show up to games just to admire a fancy new building???

Here's a telling passage and more info on the slowly moving disaster . . .

"The volume of noise is underwhelming, because though it’s an objectively great night for baseball on the opening homestand of 2023, there are fewer than 13,000 fans in attendance—12,123, to be exact. The Royals, have already pulled a marketing lever with a “flash sale” for $5 tickets. On this Tuesday night, hot dogs were $1 as well, in an economy when it’s essentially impossible to get just about anything for $1."

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