Kansas City Confronts Empty Truman Sports Complex In 2032?!?

Right now Jackson County voters remain in denial.

Without any evidence . . . There's hope that Royals & Chiefs will return to negotiations for a new downtown stadium and Arrowhead improvements. 

As it stands . . . That's a long, long shot. 

The Kansas City Chiefs are actively looking at Kansas and even worse . . .

BEHIND THE SCENES THE CHIEFS HAVE TOLD POLITICOS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SUBMIT TO ANOTHER PUBLIC VOTE!!!

Sadly, the idiotic decision to smack around repeat Super Bowl champs has a price that will be paid by the residents of Jackson County. 

No public vote means Star bonds in Kansas are the last hope of keeping the Super Bowl winning team in the metro. And even that might not work with bigger, better towns lying in wait . . . 

More on that later . . .

As we've noted . . . 

The Royals have even more options . . .

Orlando, SLC, Nashville and a few more places are all excited to get an MLB team and have a much better attitude than Kansas City metro voters. More importantly, bigger markets with better opportunity to maximize profits will likely overrule hometown pride. 

Readers remind us that Paddy Mahomes is from Texas and local shareholders can easily jump on a plane for good seats to a ball game whilst increasing profits appeals to the millionaire-class far more than civic loyalty.

And here's something that voters need to understand . . .

NONE OF THIS IS A THREAT BUT MERELY THE SLOW REALIZATION THAT JACKSON COUNTY & KANSAS CITY PROPER SEEM DESTINED TO MIMIC THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF ST. LOUIS!!!

In fact . . .

There's a great deal about the decision that was locked in . . .

The campaign was dumb, more than a bit of self-sabotage & outright greed was obvious and it's starting to look like the teams never wanted to stay in Jackson County. 

However . . .

This leaves us at a crossroads. 

Pun intended. 

For the better part of two decades Kansas City has focused & funded the so-called "Downtown Renaissance" and invested HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS into the core of this cowtown. Now that "momentum" has come to a screeching halt. 

Where do we go from here???

Our activist friends tell us that investing in affordable housing and schools offer a better use of resources.

Magic beans are also a great idea and likely to provide the same result. 

Per ushe, here at www.TonysKansasCity.com we're not going to tell people how to vote or what superstitions are the most rewarding. 

We can only note the facts . . .

Both Chiefs & Royals warned Jackson County voters they would explore their options if the stadium tax FAILED. Sadly, neither journalists nor activists took that threat seriously and invented their own conspiracy theories about how/why the teams couldn't leave when, in fact, a myriad of options are available to both franchises.

Now, we're beyond the point of ultimatums.

Activists disguised as journalists and the misguided idea of "regionalism" by way of partnership with competing municipalities have served to undermine Jackson County voters. 

And so . . . 

We look toward a future wherein Kansas City proper loses BOTH professional sports teams, the revenue they created and MILLIONS of investment directed toward rebuilding a profitable downtown that has yet to materialize. 

This is how cities become Detroit.

This is very close to the same story that doomed STL.

Optimistic souls want us to believe that rejecting the Stadium Tax was a populist victory intended to shake up the status quo. That idea seems uplifting. However, it's far more likely that the vote merely leveraged anti-social frustration with inflation & higher taxes in order to undermine the electorate so that multi-billion-dollar interests could free themselves of commitments to an urban core that's clearly in a state of deep-rooted decline.

Again, we're now past a turning point for Kansas City with very few REALISTIC options for reversing economic downturn that has worsened as a result of historic homicide numbers and the ascendancy of activist/rioter rule over local politics.

Developing . . .