🤲 As a Jackson County resident and lover of all(almost all) things KC I fully support this initiative. For fellow real estate investors, brokers, Kansas City fans, developers, economics of Kansas City fans (people who like jobs! development, more jobs, non stop flights places, better things to enjoy), I hope you support this, too.
🏟 Will the Royals stadium be perfect? No. Will your taxes go up? No. Will it be exponentially better than what we have now? Yes.
🅿️ Will parking be a pain? ...I have two things on this 1: Parking in the Royals parking lot is often like parking in a deserted wasteland with a 20 minute walk to the stadium...It is not enjoyable, it's lined with stank port o pottys and costs $25 (maybe more now...I never park in the stadium because of this). 2: The loudest "parking haters" on this deal are thinking of Chiefs games or thinking of their favorite college football experiences. The new Royals Stadium holds 35,000 people, not 90,000 like Arrowhead. Thats half or less the number of people so please have perspective before you dump on it. If you show up for Husker Football games and "suffer" through parking in a covered parking garage in a cold November day, I am sure you can suffer though a covered parking garage on a nice June evening (or better yet take the streetcar from the plaza?).
🤝 Will the Kansas City Royals ownership group get a better deal than Jackson County tax payers? Yes. Do I care? No. I will take a losing deal if I can get an exponentially better experience with 1,000 new fun options than what we have now. Right now we have 0 fun options outside the stadium. If the Royals continue to be outright awful for the next 10 years (or 25) I would rather have fun losing before, after, and during the game than being depressed before, after and during as I am now.
🕴 The City of KC needs to step up (more Police force and better enforcment), the county of Jackson County needs to step up (better positioning, dramatcially imporved leadership - have you seen Jackson County Assessment disaster?) and the Royals need to step up.
🏆 But in the end, this is a win for me. Do what you want but this is how I am going about it.
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1moLooks like a great spot. I see you're headed to Texas and NC as well. How are you finding the process of getting so many stores opened at once?