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KC Symphony confirms plans to expand with 4,600-person South Plaza music venue 
https://www.kcsymphony.org/2026/03/30/kansas-city-symphony-announces-new-live-music-venue-in-south-plaza/

Tough day in KC. Mass, and I mean mass, layoffs at Cerner/Oracle.

Tough times.

KC expected to takes another big hit as Oracle announces layoffs.  Prior to acquisition Cerner employed more than 13,000 in the region. In 2024, Oracle reported that number was down to 6,000.  There were further cuts in September 2025. KC is probably down to 3500-4000 Oracle employees after today. 

Artificial intelligence baby!! These 30k people just need to adapt bro.

Btw theyre doing these layoffs to save money to.....pay for more data centers

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matguy70 wrote:And here is a perfect example of how different KC media outlets have reported this news....

Not much.

KCBJ. Crickets. Not one report yet.
all TV outlets... made a short report early in day and then you have to dig to find the report now on their websites (some not even found). KC STAR.. Crickets.

In fact almost 24 hours later... you can not find anthing on the front page of headlines on KMBC, KTVI, WDAF

Zilch. The only way you find anything is google Oracle and Kansas City

If this was an STL company... headlines of the loss and dispair

Ridiculously sad

Vested interest in the failure of STL vs no vested interest in the failure of KC

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St.Louis is very reactive when it comes to bad news on top of that the news has to keep feeding its own residents that we’re a failure no matter if things are looking up. Any bit of good news gets smothered immediately though I do like of the recent good stories kmov has put out


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You look what’s going on in our peer cities:

1) Louisville: basically losing their whole large business base/sector, very sad.
2) KC: enough said above
3) Minneapolis: um, that’s all I have to type.


STL has an opportunity here. Our business base/sector is in pretty good shape as we enter the AI phase of the ever-changing economy. I was told by a friend fairly high up at Boeing Defense that STL metro’s middle class is guaranteed for at least the next 30-40 years. 

Anyway, if we could fix our current city/county BS and think more regionally we have a chance to boom. I just don’t know if we can do that.

The top trending story on KC Star is about employees being laid off from Oracle......

I just saw The Royals will announce plans to build their new stadium in the crossroads district….I’m not sure how much merit that it has but we’ll find out sooner than later……


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PlatinumBlues wrote: ↑

2:43 PM - Apr 01

I just saw The Royals will announce plans to build their new stadium in the crossroads district….I’m not sure how much merit that it has but we’ll find out sooner than later……


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Probably an April Fool’s joke at this point

PlatinumBlues wrote:I just saw The Royals will announce plans to build their new stadium in the crossroads district….I’m not sure how much merit that it has but we’ll find out sooner than later……


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Something from today or the article from Monday?

ldai_phs wrote:

PlatinumBlues wrote:I just saw The Royals will announce plans to build their new stadium in the crossroads district….I’m not sure how much merit that it has but we’ll find out sooner than later……


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Something from today or the article from Monday?

You know I totally forgot that it’s April fools


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matguy70 wrote: ↑

5:36 AM - Apr 01

And here is a perfect example of how different KC media outlets have reported this news....

Not much.

KCBJ. Crickets. Not one report yet.
all TV outlets... made a short report early in day and then you have to dig to find the report now on their websites (some not even found). KC STAR.. Crickets.

In fact almost 24 hours later... you can not find anthing on the front page of headlines on KMBC, KTVI, WDAF

Zilch.  The only way you find anything is google Oracle and Kansas City

If this was an STL company... headlines of the loss and dispair

Ridiculously sad

this is so so true.  I LOLed reading it.  Again, I'd love to blame local news outlets, but its our own people who click on these stories.  News outlets chase clicks, as we all know

Brutal for KC, oracle cuts another 540 jobs from Cerner
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachm ... 20City.pdf

dbInSouthCity wrote:Brutal for KC, oracle cuts another 540 jobs from Cerner
https://content.govdelivery.com/attachm ... 20City.pdf

Smaller story here. Look at number of jobs they have posted in the region. They’re not hiding it anymore. Cerner/Oracle is dead in KC. Rough estimate from the WARN Act information, this one layoff is $90M in annual salary/benefits in the KC region. 

Who is left to subsidize a flight to Europe?

I used to work for Cerner (mid-2000s) and lived in KC.  That company was poorly ran before the Oracle takeover.  Even after Oracle that company is dead.  No hospital in the STL area (except St. Luke's) uses Cerner.  BJC is deactivating Cerner lab application as we speak too.  That company was the pride and joy of KC (I don't know why, everyone was miserable and would quit after ~2 years of working for that sweatshop).  Are there any large companies in KC left?  

NJB1981 wrote:I used to work for Cerner (mid-2000s) and lived in KC.  That company was poorly ran before the Oracle takeover.  Even after Oracle that company is dead.  No hospital in the STL area (except St. Luke's) uses Cerner.  BJC is deactivating Cerner lab application as we speak too.  That company was the pride and joy of KC (I don't know why, everyone was miserable and would quit after ~2 years of working for that sweatshop).  Are there any large companies in KC left?  

Creative Planning is the new big local success story (700bn in AUM mostly all acquired in the last 6 years). Their largest competitor, Mariner, has also quickly expanded and sits at about 650bn in AUM.

How many Oracle/Cerner employees are left in KC?

Probably 4000-4500 (from 13,000)

GoHarvOrGoHome wrote: ↑

1:46 PM - Apr 02

How many Oracle/Cerner employees are left in KC?

Grok says that prior to Cerner’s acquisition, they had about 15,000 jobs in KC. Now it’s apparently around 6000. If be shocked if it’s that high. The North KC campus is empty, the campus out near 70 and 435 went empty and is now home to an insurance company. The flagship campus near 435 and Bannister looks pretty empty whenever I pass by during a work day.

This latest news is just a continuation of the bad news streak the city’s been on recently. Chiefs leaving for Kansas. Lockton leaving the Plaza for a new development in Leawood. Transit funding can’t keep being found, so service cuts are constantly threatened. $100 Million budget deficit being faced. Now you have the Oracle downsizing. Crime isn’t on the best track either. Even when I lived in St. Louis, I don’t recall such a rapid pace of bad news for the city proper.

If I wanted to hear what Grok had to say I would be on a different website.

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6:03 PM - Apr 06

If I wanted to hear what Grok had to say I would be on a different website.

My point was getting clearer numbers to show just how bad it’s been and to make a point, but please go off.

I salute KC's Fountain Day tradition.  This year, they will turn on all fountains on April 15th.  St. Louis should hold a fountain day.  Our last freeze date is earlier than KC, and surprisingly even earlier than Nashville.  (Who would think St. Louis transitions out of winter sooner than Nashville.)