77 Hitmen Posted Saturday at 06:04 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:04 PM (edited) A Kansas lawmaker says time is up for the Royals to accept their stadium deal. https://www.kctv5.com/2025/12/31/times-up-royals-stadium-proposal-kansas-lawmaker-says/ Also, downtown KC, Missouri businesses light up their buildings blue in support of a new downtown Royals stadium. https://fox4kc.com/sports/royals/downtown-kansas-city-lights-up-blue-in-support-of-new-royals-stadium/ Edited Saturday at 06:04 PM by 77 Hitmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrockway Posted Saturday at 06:08 PM Share Posted Saturday at 06:08 PM On 12/30/2025 at 12:46 PM, ron883 said: So is the "Fire to the 78" thing all but a done deal? Is the public ponying up the TIF dollars for a pointless red line stop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted Sunday at 12:23 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:23 AM (edited) 6 hours ago, nrockway said: Is the public ponying up the TIF dollars for a pointless red line stop? A new Red Line stop at 15th and Clark was not part of the Fire stadium plan that was approved by the city. Edited Sunday at 12:23 AM by 77 Hitmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Sunday at 12:45 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:45 AM (edited) I lose interest in this thread when @tray doesn’t post. Edited Sunday at 12:46 AM by WhiteSox2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted Sunday at 05:38 AM Share Posted Sunday at 05:38 AM 11 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said: A Kansas lawmaker says time is up for the Royals to accept their stadium deal. https://www.kctv5.com/2025/12/31/times-up-royals-stadium-proposal-kansas-lawmaker-says/ Also, downtown KC, Missouri businesses light up their buildings blue in support of a new downtown Royals stadium. https://fox4kc.com/sports/royals/downtown-kansas-city-lights-up-blue-in-support-of-new-royals-stadium/ Royals will be staying in Missouri, probably downtown KC. If Kansas is acting bossy, that will seal the deal for Missouri to keep 'em. The Chiefs got a sweetheart deal. Will Kansas offer the Royals a similar offer now that they've got the NFL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBWSF Posted yesterday at 12:43 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:43 AM 19 hours ago, greg775 said: Royals will be staying in Missouri, probably downtown KC. If Kansas is acting bossy, that will seal the deal for Missouri to keep 'em. The Chiefs got a sweetheart deal. Will Kansas offer the Royals a similar offer now that they've got the NFL? I read where they are going to knock down Arrowhead stadium when the Chiefs leave. It will cost at least $150 million dollars to knock it down. You think it would have been better to work something out with the Chiefs and have the team stay in KC/Missouri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted yesterday at 01:45 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:45 AM 1 hour ago, WBWSF said: I read where they are going to knock down Arrowhead stadium when the Chiefs leave. It will cost at least $150 million dollars to knock it down. You think it would have been better to work something out with the Chiefs and have the team stay in KC/Missouri. How is it states make money building stadiums for these teams? If it is so lucrative why does the state still owe more money for Comiskey Park II and the Soldier Field renovation than the total cost of their construction? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lip Man 1 Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:00 AM 15 minutes ago, Dick Allen said: How is it states make money building stadiums for these teams? If it is so lucrative why does the state still owe more money for Comiskey Park II and the Soldier Field renovation than the total cost of their construction? Great question. Can't wait to read WBWSF's answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted yesterday at 05:20 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:20 AM 3 hours ago, Dick Allen said: How is it states make money building stadiums for these teams? If it is so lucrative why does the state still owe more money for Comiskey Park II and the Soldier Field renovation than the total cost of their construction? I don't disagree with your overall point, but what is owed on New Comiskey is a fraction of what the state still owes for the Soldier Field renovations. Lumping them together is akin to saying the Dodgers owe a total of $765M for the combined contracts of Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted yesterday at 02:19 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:19 PM 8 hours ago, 77 Hitmen said: I don't disagree with your overall point, but what is owed on New Comiskey is a fraction of what the state still owes for the Soldier Field renovations. Lumping them together is akin to saying the Dodgers owe a total of $765M for the combined contracts of Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez. The only reason Sox Park is owed anything is because of the renovations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBWSF Posted yesterday at 02:44 PM Share Posted yesterday at 02:44 PM KC is going to knock down the Chiefs stadium and its going to be one empty lot. It will not be receiving any tax revenue. I've been under the impression that the Chiefs ownership would have stayed at Arrowhead Stadium if there would have been renovations done to it. That didn't happen and they are now moving west/out of state. And it should mentioned that Arrowhead Stadium and the parking around it is much better than Soldier Field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted yesterday at 04:32 PM Share Posted yesterday at 04:32 PM 2 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: The only reason Sox Park is owed anything is because of the renovations. ....and it's reportedly only about $48-50M still owed by ISFA on the stadium as of about a year ago. The debt on Soldier Field is somewhere around half a billion dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted yesterday at 05:14 PM Share Posted yesterday at 05:14 PM 42 minutes ago, 77 Hitmen said: ....and it's reportedly only about $48-50M still owed by ISFA on the stadium as of about a year ago. The debt on Soldier Field is somewhere around half a billion dollars. And with that kind of amount, it is probably going to be paid off at the end of the lease cycle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77 Hitmen Posted 24 minutes ago Share Posted 24 minutes ago The Kansas House Speaker confirms that the state is no longer pursuing the Royals. https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/kansas-officials-no-longer-pursuing-new-royals-stadium-in-the-sunflower-state/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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