NINE NEWS APP. WELL, STARTING TOMORROW, SOME JACKSON COUNTY VOTERS CAN CAST ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR THE APRIL 2ND ELECTION. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT IS WHETHER TO EXTEND A 3/8 CENT SALES TAX. THAT MONEY WILL HELP RENOVATE ARROWHEAD AND BUILD A ROYALS NEW BALLPARK. LAST WEEK, THE ROYALS ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS TO BUILD A STADIUM IN THE CROSSROADS DISTRICT NEAR TRUMAN AND GRAND. TONIGHT, WE’RE HEARING MORE CONCERNS FROM BUSINESSES WHO COULD BE FORCED TO MOVE. KMBC NINE’S JACKSON KURTZ IS LIVE ON GRAND TONIGHT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH SEVERAL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, JACKSON. WELL. CHRIS BRYA, SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE STRONGLY AGAINST IT. OTHERS WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ROYALS PLANS. WHILE SO MANY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE CROSSROADS, IT’S NOT EVEN BEEN ONE WEEK SINCE THE INK HAS DRIED ON THE ROYALS NEW NEW STADIUM ANNOUNCEMENT. MY INITIAL THOUGHTS WHEN I SAW THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT A BASEBALL STADIUM RIGHT ON TOP OF US, WAS THAT THEY MUST BE JOKING. MERCY SEAT TATTOO HAS SAT ON 16TH AND GRAND FOR 19 YEARS. OWNER CHET DAVINCI DOESN’T HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF MOVING FOR THE NEW BALLPARK. WE’LL FIGHT TILL THE END. WE’RE NOT JUST GOING TO ROLL OVER AND ACCEPT THAT THEY GET WHAT THEY WANT. WE SPOKE TO HALF A DOZEN BUSINESSES ON GRAND STREET WHERE THE ROYALS NEW STADIUM WOULD BE BUILT. SOME SHARED CONCERNS OVER CRIME, PARKING AND RELOCATING AND LOSING THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE CROSSROADS STADIUM. IT WILL COMPLETELY WIPE OUT ANY CULTURE OF THE CROSSROADS. JUST MAKE US ANOTHER BLAND CITY, JUST LIKE ANYWHERE ELSE. ONE BUSINESS TOLD US THEY PLAN ON MEETING WITH THE ROYALS LATER THIS WEEK. THE ROYALS COULD NOT CONFIRM THIS TO US. THE ROYALS HAVE NOT CONTACTED US. THEY HAVE NOT MADE US ANY KIND OF OFFER OR, UH, NOT THAT WE TAKE ONE ANYWAYS, DAVINCI SAYS. IF THE THREE EIGHTH CENT SALES TAX GETS RENEWED, THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE CROSSROADS WILL BE MISSED. I THINK WHAT I WOULD MISS THE MOST IS JUST JUST THE CULTURE AND THE HEART AND THE FEELING OF WHAT’S HERE IN THE CROSSROAD ROADS. IT’S NOT FAKE, IT’S NOT CORPORATE, IT’S LOCALLY MADE AND CURATED. DA VINCI SAYS THE OWNER OF HIS BUILDING ALSO DOESN’T WANT TO MOVE. AND AS FOR THAT THREE A CENT SALES TAX, ABSENTEE VOTING IS TOMORROW 8 A.M. TO 5 P.M. LIVE IN THE CROSSROADS JACKSON KURTZ KMBC NINE NEWS. A MISSOURI LAW ALLOWS VOTERS TO REQUEST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT IF THEY MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. YOU CAN VOTE ABSENTEE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL. YO
Kansas City Chiefs to debut renderings of 'reimagined Arrowhead Stadium' Wednesday
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Updated: 2:17 PM CST Feb 26, 2024
We've seen the renderings for the proposed Crossroads baseball stadium for the Kansas City Royals.But, what would a reimagined Arrowhead Stadium look like? According to a release from the team, we're about to find out. The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday that the team will hold a press conference Wednesday morning to present its initial renovation concepts for GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. These renovations would be made possible if Jackson County voters approve an extension of the 3/8-cent sales tax on a ballot initiative in April, the same tax that would grant the Kansas City Royals the means to move downtown. Specifically, a "yes" vote on the Jackson County, Missouri, Question 1 on April 2 would "repeal its countywide capital improvements sales tax of three-eights of one percent...and impose as a parks sales tax of three-eights of one percent...for a period of 40 years, to provide funding for park improvements, consisting of (1) site preparation and clearance, developing, constructing, furnishing, improving, equipping, repairing, maintaining, and operating both Arrowhead Stadium and its surrounds, and a new baseball stadium and its surrounds, to retain the Kansas City Chiefs in Jackson County, Missouri and the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri."The current capital improvements tax expires in September 2013. Both teams, united in support of the tax, pledged to remain in Jackson County if the sales tax is approved, saying in a joint statement in January, "The partnership between Jackson County, the Chiefs and Royals has been a tremendous success over the past 50 years, and directly responsible for much of the great momentum our hometown has built. The framework described here is a significant financial benefit for Jackson County, collaboratively built around concerns expressed by the County Executive and other local leaders, and provides a further boost to Kansas City and the region for decades to come."Many experts say the Chiefs face concern as plans for a new baseball stadium in Kansas City's Crossroads District come under fire.A political committee has formed to fight the stadium sales tax extension, calling itself "The Committee Against New Royals Stadium Taxes."Last month, Chiefs president Mark Donovan said the team had planned to release more information on planned renovations ahead of the April election, calling the release of information "strategic."Coverage of the Royals-Chiefs stadium funding debate:Jackson County residents will now vote on funding for the Royals, Chiefs stadiums after legislature overturns vetoJackson County legislators, county executive Frank White discuss upcoming stadium sales tax electionNot a good deal for taxpayers': Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoes stadium sales tax ordinanceLetter of intent details Jackson County's plan for new Royals ballpark, Arrowhead renovations'Losing one or both teams': Legislator sounds off on Jackson County Executive Frank White's vetoIn letter addressing legislators' concerns, Royals say new stadium site would be selected by February 29
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — We've seen the renderings for the proposed Crossroads baseball stadium for the Kansas City Royals.
But, what would a reimagined Arrowhead Stadium look like?
According to a release from the team, we're about to find out.
The Kansas City Chiefs announced Monday that the team will hold a press conference Wednesday morning to present its initial renovation concepts for GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.
These renovations would be made possible if Jackson County voters approve an extension of the 3/8-cent sales tax on a ballot initiative in April, the same tax that would grant the Kansas City Royals the means to move downtown.
Specifically, a "yes" vote on the Jackson County, Missouri, Question 1 on April 2 would "repeal its countywide capital improvements sales tax of three-eights of one percent...and impose as a parks sales tax of three-eights of one percent...for a period of 40 years, to provide funding for park improvements, consisting of (1) site preparation and clearance, developing, constructing, furnishing, improving, equipping, repairing, maintaining, and operating both Arrowhead Stadium and its surrounds, and a new baseball stadium and its surrounds, to retain the Kansas City Chiefs in Jackson County, Missouri and the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri."
The current capital improvements tax expires in September 2013.
Both teams, united in support of the tax, pledged to remain in Jackson County if the sales tax is approved, saying in a joint statement in January, "The partnership between Jackson County, the Chiefs and Royals has been a tremendous success over the past 50 years, and directly responsible for much of the great momentum our hometown has built. The framework described here is a significant financial benefit for Jackson County, collaboratively built around concerns expressed by the County Executive and other local leaders, and provides a further boost to Kansas City and the region for decades to come."
Many experts say the Chiefs face concern as plans for a new baseball stadium in Kansas City's Crossroads District come under fire.
A political committee has formed to fight the stadium sales tax extension, calling itself "The Committee Against New Royals Stadium Taxes."
Last month, Chiefs president Mark Donovan said the team had planned to release more information on planned renovations ahead of the April election, calling the release of information "strategic."
Coverage of the Royals-Chiefs stadium funding debate:
