TKC Told You So: Did Royals Just Admit They're Out Of Downtown Stadium Ideas?!?

Actually . . . Our beloved old codgers mentioned the history of this dumb ideas in the comments yesterday.

And now it's news fact with newspaper follow-up . . .

"Washington Square Park was first proposed 20 years ago as a potential site for a new stadium and got its first mention also in the pages of The Kansas City Star. Another Star columnist, Kevin Collison, had asked sports architecture firms to pick the perfect spot for a ballpark in or near downtown."

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

Park across from Crown Center pitched for Royals 20 years ago - before downtown renaissance

Putting a new Royals ballpark downtown in Washington Square Park is not a new idea, but it is the latest one Kansas City is considering.