Did City Manager Just Admit That Royals Might Move To NKC?!?

A recent developer hack blog interview doesn't offer much offer much hope for the East Village plan.

More to the point . . . 

TKC BLOG COMMUNITY HAS CONSISTENTLY NOTED THAT PARKING SECURITY CONCERNS THWART EAST VILLAGE STADIUM OPTIONS!!!

The land deals aren't as significant as some supporters contend given that so many multi-billion dollar companies regularly buy & hold lesser assets and then sell-off if their speculative efforts don't materialize. 

But that's our perspective . . . We'll let the city manager speak for himself . . .

The North Kansas City option is interesting also. Either way, Kansas City wins in that we maintain a baseball team, we grow the economy, we add jobs and people will still be coming downtown and going to bars and staying at our hotels.

Either way, both sites will be developed into new, higher better uses.

Has the proposed East Village site been fully assembled?

There’s maybe one or two more parcels, but for the most part, yes. And the core stadium area, yes. They’ve got this vision to do ancillary development around the stadium and potentially east of 71 and they don’t own or control all of that land.  

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

City Manager on Ballpark: East Village or NKC, Downtown Wins Either Way

By Kevin Collison City Manager Brian Platt has been on the job almost three years, enough time to get to know the city while still tapping into an outsider's perspective from his government experience in Jersey City, outside New York. That's why getting together with him over coffee last weekend was a good opportunity to...