• mr_rusty_shackleford@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The Royals have had maybe 10 winning seasons in the past 40 years, and the games aren’t locally televised. I’m all for the downtown stadium, but if they want public funding they should address those 2 issues first. Chiefs made a huge mistake tying their fate to a garbage franchise like the Royals.

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      8 months ago

      The TV thing was something I mentioned to my mom. Like it’s really hard to give a shit about the Royals, or baseball in general, because you can’t watch any games without some crazy cable package. Add in that the Royals are trash most of the time and it’s an even harder sell.

      The Chiefs are a solid element and the TV part helps a lot. Of course winning helps a lot too. Because I remember the bad years but they were still at least on TV (usually).

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      8 months ago

      Genuine question–why are you all for the public paying for a business venture to help the already wealthy extract more wealth from the local population? Not trying to come off like a dick, I’m genuinely curious why anyone would thing the public funding private business ventures like this is a good thing.

      • mr_rusty_shackleford@lemmy.world
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        8 months ago

        Not for it, and not a resident of KCMO so doesn’t matter much to me. With that said downtown KC has been a wasteland till very recently, and adding a stadium would be the final step to bringing it back to life after the interstate highway system destroyed it. The stadium would increase foot traffic and make it a much more vibrant place. Don’t really care how it gets done, just that it gets done.