Kansas City Power Players Demand Downtown Baseball Stadium

Within the confines of closed biz leader conversations, anything is possible.

To wit . . . 

WITNESS KANSAS CITY BIZ LEADERS DOUBLE DOWN ON DEMANDS FOR AN URBAN BASEBALL STADIUM!!!

Here's the money line and a preview of how this conversation is moving forward . . . 

“I think everyone agrees that Major League Baseball is a downtown sport,” Jon Stephens, president and CEO of Port KC, said during a Back2KC panel conversation that touched on how new developments throughout the city are reshaping its economic and cultural future. “If you want to talk about an ecosystem, cities thrive with downtown baseball.”

Stephens — alongside fellow panelists Tracey Lewis, president and CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, and Melissa Roberts Chapman, president and regional innovation officer for KC BioHub — said he’s “bullish” on Kansas City finding a way to incorporate baseball into its iconic skyline.

“Kansas City needs downtown baseball. The Royals need downtown Kansas City. I think something is going to happen,” he continued. “But it needs to be done the right way — in a way that truly helps and contributes to the city in a meaningful way.”

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