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KC Sets Its Sights on This Downtown Stadium Location, Will Unveil Funding Framework
The ordinance would commit up to $600 million in city bonding and keep the team in Kansas City for 30 more years, officials said.
- On Thursday, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and the City Council introduced legislation for a $1.9 billion 'Downtown Baseball District' at Washington Square Park to retain the Royals.
- Previous efforts to secure a new ballpark stalled after voters rejected a 2024 sales-tax extension, leaving the team's future at the Truman Sports Complex uncertain beyond their 2031 lease expiration.
- The proposed ordinance includes a $600 million city bond commitment, which Mayor Lucas described as "the largest single economic development project in the history of Downtown Kansas City."
- Finance Committee members will review the legislation next Tuesday, potentially moving it to the full council by next Thursday; the Royals expressed appreciation for the city's work.
- Royals owner John Sherman, who said last Monday the team is "making progress," noted that a final site decision must come "sooner rather than later" before 2027 construction.
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Kansas City officials are proposing $600M in stadium bonds to keep MLB’s Royals in Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri, would issue $600 million in bonds for a new downtown stadium for Major League Baseball's Royals under a proposal officials are pursuing months after Kansas lured professional football's Chiefs over the state line with a massive stadium…
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Kansas City officials are proposing $600M in stadium bonds to keep MLB's Royals in Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri, would issue $600 million in bonds for a new stadium for Major League Baseball’s Royals under a proposal officials there are pursuing.
Kansas City Council announces stadium ordinance aiming to keep Royals in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mayor Quinton Lucas and Kansas City Council members announced an ordinance on Thursday that aims to keep the Royals inside Missouri borders. The new ordinance, would authorize the city manager to enter into a development agreement for the design, construction and operation of a new "Downtown Baseball District" in Kansas City.
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