Kansas City Royals Still Teasing Downtown Stadium Plans Ahead Of Losing Season

A couple of things here . . .

America's true pastime has always been real estate speculation and desperately grubbing for money. 

Never-mind that the home team is gonna SUCK this year.

Meanwhile . . .

We quote an interesting passage that shows desperate power player locals attempting to spin their way out of a sketchy purchase based on pre-COVID reality. 

Here's the word and more info . . .

“I think the East Village, it’s been talked about. We’ve probably done the most work on that site,” Sherman said Wednesday.

Other business owners in the area have a different plan though.

“Putting the stadium there might not be any different than having the stadium where it currently is, and there’s nothing around it,” Kansas City Star building owner Rosie Privitera Biondo said about the East Village site.

Biondo, the president of Mark One Electric, bought the old Star printing press back in 2019 and wants the Royals to build there.

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