Vote in this poll if you actually live in Jackson county.
We've all shared our opinions in the other thread. But who gives a shit what somebody in Platte County or Johnson County or Phoenix or NYC thinks. We're all just noise. [Reply]
This was a shite proposal. Just awful. And the fact that a SB championship team at the height of its popularity in this town got steamrolled shows what a shit measure this was.
If this was the best they can/will do, then Hunt threw the match. He tossed something out there he knew would fail so he could go to Legends with a PR excuse.
This lost because it should. If the Hunts want to offer a serious proposal it could actually go somewhere.
It wasn't just a shit proposal you're right the Chiefs didn't do much at all. I went to 2 local engagements one was for the entire Jackson County & one was for our neighborhood.
Neither one had a representative from the Chiefs. Both had someone from the Royals and not only were they short on details but they were VERY standoffish to those who opposed it. I thought the Chiefs success alone might have carried it across the finish line but I was wrong.
There's still avenues for the Royals downtown. Just today the the Crossroads Neighborhood Community signed off on the deal. I suspect we could get a vote on the Chiefs alone and a private/state funding for the Royals. OR the city could do what Sacramento did when voters voted down the arena and the city bit the bullet and spent the money themselves. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
Maybe Clark should go back to the drawing board and trash his rich elite plan and work on some amenities that the middle class would like to see. You know, the ones filling the stadium for years
I don't think this vote had anything to do with the Chiefs. The Royals process and proposal was so poorly handled all the discussion was shitting on them and the Chiefs were barely even being discussed. [Reply]
Originally Posted by dirk digler:
Less than 20% of Jackson Co voted. Should put it on the Nov ballot an and it will probably pass. But they need to improve the plan especially the Chiefs.
They never put tax issues on a November ballot in a presidential election year. There is a reason most of them are in April or August, low turnout is what you really want. [Reply]
Originally Posted by :
SoFi Stadium in Southern California hosted Super Bowl LVI this year. Not only is the most expensive NFL stadium ever built, costing nearly $5 billion, SoFi stadium was also entirely privately funded. That means California taxpayers, who face some of the largest tax burdens in the country, didn’t pay a dime.
Kroenke owns Ball too.
Ball is staffed by the same people that staff Empower and Coors. When you cluster the resources, the city wins. [Reply]
This was a shite proposal. Just awful. And the fact that a SB championship team at the height of its popularity in this town got steamrolled shows what a shit measure this was.
If this was the best they can/will do, then Hunt threw the match. He tossed something out there he knew would fail so he could go to Legends with a PR excuse.
This lost because it should. If the Hunts want to offer a serious proposal it could actually go somewhere.
Can you blame Clark? Arrowhead is a depreciating asset. It’s over 50 years old. There’s so much renovating that will need to be done in the coming years. Even the damn ceiling broke on Chris Jones in an interview last year.
I think Clark know that it will cost a shit ton of money to upkeep an old stadium and his thought process is that it isn’t worth it. Might as well get money for a new one in that case.
And honestly Legends is a far better place business wise. Getting a “no” vote gives Clark the excuse to move [Reply]
Originally Posted by ghak99:
I don't think this vote had anything to do with the Chiefs. The Royals process and proposal was so poorly handled all the discussion was shitting on them and the Chiefs were barely even being discussed.
It’s exactly this. The chiefs were an afterthought. Because they were brought in as Calvary to rescue the royals from themselves at the end. [Reply]
I think the Royals could scale back and just focus on keeping businesses around and revitalize the old buildings around the area. Would be able to get private dollars plus money from the city [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Or - you could actually ask that they put it to decent use before giving it to them rather than just hitting your knees and slurping down the first thing they put in front of you.
There was no reason to actually LIKE that proposal. It was little more than an attempted hostage taking.
Will Hunt and Sherman privately fund their own stadiums? [Reply]
Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief:
Only two things could be true: Chiefs want all the Jackson County money if the Royals move, and may even ask for more as the leverage would be strong.
or
They prefer to move to Kansas and have a bright shiny new facility.
If they were serious about wanting to win this vote, it would have been a bigger push by the Chiefs side.
I think it’s the latter.
Just connecting some dots.. Clark’s dream is to host a Super Bowl. Like obsessed. It’s not happening at Arrowhead. Multiple years we’ve heard about how bad the practice facility has been run down. And there really isn’t an excuse for it unless… [Reply]
