TKC Reader: Deal With New Royals Stadium

A worthwhile note from our blog community and more resources for further edification . . .

TKC, a new stadium is happening. It is. From reading the comments section people need to get that in their head. It’s going to happen either in NKC, the East Village or somewhere else. But it’s going down.

What I can’t get my head around are people who talk about the K like it’s the alpha and omega of stadiums. People who say this have never been to another ballpark in their life. The K is well, O-K. Hell the K isn’t even the best ballpark in MO. Bush stadium is better. Remember when the All Star Game came to town? The national reaction to the stadium was overwhelming “Meh.”

Nothing indicates the national perception of the K as Washington Post reporter Thomas Boswell who in 2017 had it rank 17th in ballparks in MLB. He wrote: 17. Kansas City used to be in my top 10 easily. Then they screwed the place up by destroying most of their outfield water features and chopping up the beautiful sweep of outfield architecture. It’s is by far the most damage that I have ever seen done to a wonderful sports facility by people who, I am sure, had the best intentions. I’ve tried through an All-Star Game and two World Series to make my peace with the place. I can’t. I want to scream, “All that this place had going for it, out here in West Nowhere, was gorgeous design and the water fountains at night — but that was enough!”

It’s O-K. It’s going to happen. The Question is where and how much?

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

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My favorite link that you might enjoy . . .

Royals release two sets of stadium renderings, plan to let them battle to the death

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Developing . . .