Downtown Kansas City Royals Stadium Parking Promises Doubted

Actually . . . It's more like this . . . 

VOTERS DISTRUST KANSAS CITY ROYALS DOWNTOWN STADIUM ASSURANCES ABOUT PARKING!!!

We covered this last month . .  .

Remember that tax fighter Preston Smith offers IMPRESSIVE DATA & RESEARCH regarding the parking & crime threats that politicos, developers & the Royals haven't fully addressed. 

Accordingly . . .

Here's another report that follows-up on our blog community journalism . . . Take a peek:

"A presentation released last week by the design team at Populous and traffic consultant Kimley-Horn contends that downtown’s existing 40,000 parking spaces will be able to accommodate fans for a downtown baseball game.

"The report notes that there are nearly 19,000 parking spaces – excluding streetside parking that would be reserved for nearby businesses – within a 10-minute walk of the proposed ballpark in the Crossroads.

"The report assumes that peak gameday demand for parking would be about 9,000 spaces, including 1,500 new on-site spaces that would be developed as part of the ballpark project. It assumes that 70% of fans would arrive by private vehicle, while the rest would travel by foot, bike, bus, streetcar or ride share . . .

"The team contends that will remain true even when there are “overlapping events” at T-Mobile Center, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Bartle Hall and even First Fridays in the Crossroads.

"There’s just one problem. Many folks aren’t buying it. "

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

Kansas City Royals Ballpark Plan Sparks Parking Debate

Here's the essential message that the Kansas City Royals have for folks fretting about parking downtown if a new ballpark is built in the Crossroads. Relax.