I know thats a very basic rendering, but jeez.....thats kind of ugly.
Looks like public housing. I doubt it gets built at all.Dev7 wrote:I know thats a very basic rendering, but jeez.....thats kind of ugly.
This comes a couple weeks after famous actor Terrance Howard was seen filming on the Country Club Plaza for a few days.
I'm all for building dense housing, but this just does not look good. Hopefully they go back to the drawing board, because I like that it has some height to it, but the design needs to be better.ldai_phs wrote: ↑3:37 PM - Jun 18Looks like public housing. I doubt it gets built at all.Dev7 wrote:I know thats a very basic rendering, but jeez.....thats kind of ugly.
KC Current has released renderings of their stadium expansion (expanded to 18,000 seats with space to add 2,000 further) along with $800 million of additional mixed-use development.
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Is there actual demand for more seating or is this more about having a venue big enough for the Women’s World Cup?
Yeah, I wondered the same. It also kinda seems silly that there are different stadiums for the men's and women's soccer team. Imagine both got or will get all kinds of tax subsidy too. It borders on disbelief that a women's soccer team needs a 20K-seat stadium. meh, just keep the STL tax $$ out of it!Dev7 wrote: ↑2:43 PM - Jul 01Is there actual demand for more seating or is this more about having a venue big enough for the Women’s World Cup?
They have sold out all games so far in their 12,000 seat stadium. Think they are set to take over Sporting KC’s audience which.soulardx wrote:Yeah, I wondered the same. It also kinda seems silly that there are different stadiums for the men's and women's soccer team. Imagine both got or will get all kinds of tax subsidy too. It borders on disbelief that a women's soccer team needs a 20K-seat stadium. meh, just keep the STL tax $$ out of it!Dev7 wrote: ↑2:43 PM - Jul 01Is there actual demand for more seating or is this more about having a venue big enough for the Women’s World Cup?
Nifty!
Multistudio repurposes Kansas City’s Rock Island Bridge as an entertainment district https://share.google/t5Ib9oB0UslxPBohN
Multistudio repurposes Kansas City’s Rock Island Bridge as an entertainment district https://share.google/t5Ib9oB0UslxPBohN
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Kansas City, the Smallest World Cup Host, Has the World at Its Feet
Kansas City is now in the same conversation as some of these other cities when it comes to tourism and meetings and conventions,” said Kathy Nelson, the chief executive of the Visit KC tourism and convention board and the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation. “We may not be in the top 10 population-wise, but we have the right people and the right infrastructure here to make big events happen.”
So far, 344,135 spectators, or an average of nearly 69,000 per match, have filled the stadium here, and Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Festival has welcomed 310,000 people from over 150 countries, led by Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina, according to Visit KC. Through the first 92 matches, Kansas City led all U.S. markets in Fox’s World Cup ratings with a 18 share, which means 18 percent of all local televisions turned on at the time of a World Cup game were tuned in to the tournament
in the preceding months, the American Hotel & Lodging Association issued a report saying 85 to 90 percent of Kansas City hotels had lower-than-expected World Cup bookings. Once the games began, though, the rooms filled up, hoteliers said.
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Kansas City, the Smallest World Cup Host, Has the World at Its Feet
Kansas City is now in the same conversation as some of these other cities when it comes to tourism and meetings and conventions,” said Kathy Nelson, the chief executive of the Visit KC tourism and convention board and the Greater Kansas City Sports Commission & Foundation. “We may not be in the top 10 population-wise, but we have the right people and the right infrastructure here to make big events happen.”
So far, 344,135 spectators, or an average of nearly 69,000 per match, have filled the stadium here, and Kansas City’s FIFA Fan Festival has welcomed 310,000 people from over 150 countries, led by Ecuador, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina, according to Visit KC. Through the first 92 matches, Kansas City led all U.S. markets in Fox’s World Cup ratings with a 18 share, which means 18 percent of all local televisions turned on at the time of a World Cup game were tuned in to the tournament
in the preceding months, the American Hotel & Lodging Association issued a report saying 85 to 90 percent of Kansas City hotels had lower-than-expected World Cup bookings. Once the games began, though, the rooms filled up, hoteliers said.
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Looks like the articles/videos about KC a ramping up.
NYT article: *posted above*
Fortune: The ‘Soccer Capital of America’ is now gunning for the Soccer Capital of the World (Cup)
Reuters: From Algerian fervour to Oranje march, World Cup transforms Kansas City
Fox News: World Cup brings global fans to America's heartland, boosts Kansas City's profile
NYT article: *posted above*
Fortune: The ‘Soccer Capital of America’ is now gunning for the Soccer Capital of the World (Cup)
Reuters: From Algerian fervour to Oranje march, World Cup transforms Kansas City
Fox News: World Cup brings global fans to America's heartland, boosts Kansas City's profile
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The concept of wanting to host an Olympics is funny to me. Partner up with a bid with Chicago and you might have a shot at some events, but not many. Some users there have a goofy belief of outsized influence that doesn’t exist mixed with a disdain for the very existence of St. Louis itself. A feeling that’s not shared by most people in the KC area. It’s an odd thing.addxb2 wrote: ↑5:03 PM - Jul 12Totally normal behavior by KCRagers.
KC might be able to be a co-host city for any future women’s or men’s World Cup events, but to be the primary host is a long shot. It did well for what it did this time around despite the stresses, some of which were successfully brushed under the rug.
To this day I've never understood KC' s seething hatred for everything St. Louis. They truly think we bully them and hold them back.Chris Stritzel wrote: ↑6:12 PM - Jul 12The concept of wanting to host an Olympics is funny to me. Partner up with a bid with Chicago and you might have a shot at some events, but not many. Some users there have a goofy belief of outsized influence that doesn’t exist mixed with a disdain for the very existence of St. Louis itself. A feeling that’s not shared by most people in the KC area. It’s an odd thing.addxb2 wrote: ↑5:03 PM - Jul 12Totally normal behavior by KCRagers.
KC might be able to be a co-host city for any future women’s or men’s World Cup events, but to be the primary host is a long shot. It did well for what it did this time around despite the stresses, some of which were successfully brushed under the rug.
You aren’t kidding. Just poked over there and they’re all drooling about KC being a “primary” host in an imaginary Missouri Olympics and how mad it would make St. Louisans lol
What’s funny is St. Louis obviously already hosted one, and will be hosting games for the LA Olympics. We don’t have to daydream about hosting Olympic events.
If anything, a Chicago Olympics with places like Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, or Detroit as satellite hosts would probably be much more logical given the proximity and transit connections between them along with larger airports with more international flights.
What’s funny is St. Louis obviously already hosted one, and will be hosting games for the LA Olympics. We don’t have to daydream about hosting Olympic events.
If anything, a Chicago Olympics with places like Minneapolis, Milwaukee, St. Louis, or Detroit as satellite hosts would probably be much more logical given the proximity and transit connections between them along with larger airports with more international flights.
^^^ I just looked and it’s just like one crank who even the Raggers beef with
This is the type of thing that only a KC person can cook up, I've never even seen an Indy person come up with something this removed from reality. Holy smokes.
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I know the NWSL is a solid league now & is growing for now, but I wonder what the long term outlook is for the league. KC Current ownership is going all in on the Current. That is like a city going all in on WNBA. I just wonder what the long term future holds for those two "hot" sports. Seems like a gamble, but I guess the Current venue could be repurposed if the league would fold down the road.
On another note, we all know the "Soccer Capital of the USA" & "Soccer Capital of the world" thing is nothing more than a very strong marketing push that has really picked up steam with the hosting of the World Cup games. There are many cities outside of STL that would take that slogan to task. No doubt hosting the WC is a huge feather in KC's cap, as well as the base camps. No doubt KC did a lot of things right to get the event, but in reality, this was Chicago's event to lose & they chose not to pursue it. KC pounced on it & it will have residual positive impacts, but I do not think it will last forever, nor will it have some life-changing effect on the City. It will always be a cool thing for KC with some minor long term impacts.
On another note, we all know the "Soccer Capital of the USA" & "Soccer Capital of the world" thing is nothing more than a very strong marketing push that has really picked up steam with the hosting of the World Cup games. There are many cities outside of STL that would take that slogan to task. No doubt hosting the WC is a huge feather in KC's cap, as well as the base camps. No doubt KC did a lot of things right to get the event, but in reality, this was Chicago's event to lose & they chose not to pursue it. KC pounced on it & it will have residual positive impacts, but I do not think it will last forever, nor will it have some life-changing effect on the City. It will always be a cool thing for KC with some minor long term impacts.
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I genuinely find those people in the KC forum psychotic whether they’re spewing facts or not it’s absolutely disgusting & disturbing on what they say about St.Louis. It really isn’t all that damn literal to become so obsessed with hating a city for simply existing…Anyways St.Louis isn’t going anywhere so they’ll die unhappy knowing St.Louis still exists…. Also I can see KC likely use the FWC as a marketing tool for events and such becoming another slogan for them as well.
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I don't even go over there any more because it's so bad.PlatinumBlues wrote: ↑8:38 PM - Jul 13I genuinely find those people in the KC forum psychotic whether they’re spewing facts or not it’s absolutely disgusting & disturbing on what they say about St.Louis. It really isn’t all that damn literal to become so obsessed with hating a city for simply existing…Anyways St.Louis isn’t going anywhere so they’ll die unhappy knowing St.Louis still exists…. Also I can see KC likely use the FWC as a marketing tool for events and such becoming another slogan for them as well.
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But the Kansas City subreddit is also filled with whining, complaining and hatred for St. Louis. But maybe some of those same KC rag people are posting over there.
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There is nothing more triggering in that subreddit than somebody acknowledging STL has good BBQ
They're so triggered. They act like there's some sort of law that says St. Louis shouldn't even be allowed to serve BBQ at all.GoHarvOrGoHome wrote: ↑2:22 AM - Jul 14There is nothing more triggering in that subreddit than somebody acknowledging STL has good BBQ
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I feel like I know a good amount of people that moved to the KC area from STL - maybe it's that ingrained existential hatred of STL from St. Louisans bleeding through in KC? Honestly, pretty much all of the KC people I know that actually grew up there have, at worst, a neutral opinion of STL.
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Underwhelming for $3 Billion. Just looks like Arrowhead with a roof. Hope the STAR Bond that covers all of Wyandotte County, and half of Johnson County, is worth it to “Chiefs Kingdom”.