Latest Downtown Kansas City Stadium Plan Already Confronts Resistance

Sorry to be skeptical . . .

But we think this plan is a bad joke and just something Mayor Q is putting forward as he plans his cowtown exit strategy. 

However . . .

Far more serious local activists are already pushing back.

Here's an apt quote from "Save The K" leader and former Council Lady Becky Nace . . .

"Everyone should ask him to make public, a full funding plan including sources of revenue to pay for this and how much the Royals will pay.
 
"As this evolves I believe the two teams are working together to get the following:
 
"Royals obviously want a new stadium to anchor their private for-profit real estate development and they want it Downtown where tax incentives flow."

A post from top ranking Kansas City metro activist Justice Horn is also gaining traction . . . 

"Not only would Kansas Citians bear this tax burden, but the city is really looking to demolish a park as well the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial for a new baseball stadium. This is NOT the priority of your average citizen and tax paying resident."

 Accordingly, here's a roundup of the idea . . .

“If there are ways that you can look for a project that funds itself in many ways or in large part, that is better,” Lucas said. "Why should every person in Jackson County pay a sales tax to support something that they may never use?”

However, Lucas said that doesn't mean Kansas City residents won't have input on the new stadium.

“I don't think however, that means that there is no public engagement, that there aren't public meetings, that there isn't a truly public process," Lucas said.

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

Why Kansas City's mayor wants a Royals stadium plan that doesn't require asking voters

Mayor Quinton Lucas told KCUR's Up To Date that he'd like to find alternative ways to pay for the baseball team's future stadium. "Why should every person in Jackson County pay a sales tax to support something that they may never use?", he asked.

Washington Square Park emerges as focal point for Royals' future stadium - with no public vote needed

The Kansas City Royals' search for a new home continues with Washington Square Park on the southern edge of downtown emerging as the focal point of the conversation this week.