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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent stadium report did Sam McDowell break?
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You tweeted out that it's not going at Washington Square Park. So, you know, thanks for the people. I was like, we're going back to East Village. Is the Northland in the in the in the picture again? Like I thought we had this settled. It is going in the Washington Square Crown Center area. You're just saying it's not going to be on that park.
That's where kind of everybody's been like big open space. That's the place to put it. You're saying it's not going to be that spot.
Yeah, I mean, City Councilman Jonathan Duncan told my colleague, Cason Bayless, and me today that the stadium footprint itself is not going to be in Washington Square Park. And I said, does that mean it's going to be in Crown Center? And he said, frankly, I don't know. I'd still like to learn that.
But the city has been very intentional about calling this a Washington Square Park Crown Center project. So, yeah, I don't think we're going to ā well, I mean, I can say pretty confidently we're not going to see some ā something just like in a vastly different area of town.
Yeah, so what would be your best guess? Where do you think it goes?
Well, I mean, the other, I think it's, It's certainly going to be a stunner if it's not in that area, based on what I've been told.
Well, no, I think it'll be in that area, but we've been sitting here looking at the overalls. I mean, I was told a while ago that the railroad tracks are tricky, and that's where I think the Washington Square Park, that there are different rules and... Things like that. And I would think that at some point people want to bring more trains through there.
So I get that because that was like a warning that I was given that like you got to be careful around the railroad tracks and all that. But, you know, if we're not anywhere in that park, we're a long way away from that. So I don't think that's the only thing. I think it was maybe a consideration. But then the fact I asked the mayor, I said, hey, I've heard Crown Center is part of the.
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Chapter 3: How will the stadium project impact Washington Square Park?
And he's not saying that the thought of having renderings is minor. I think he's basically saying that these might not be the final renderings that we see. But my guess is we at least learned a much more precise location than what we have right now. I mean... Councilman Duncan had said basically that there's a lack of clarity about this site.
I think you're going to find out tomorrow how extensive that lack of clarity is. And I think what he's referring to is that the public perception has just been different. I mean, the public perception, including my own until late last week, was that this was going to be a ballpark at Washington Square Park with some ancillary development that included the Crown Center and that
Now, I mean, I think it's at least possible, if not likely, you might see something presented that might be the inverse of that. I mean, just last Tuesday when I talked to you guys, I was literally standing outside the doors of the Kansas City Parks and Rec board meeting where they authorized the city to use the park itself for part of this development. Right.
Like, the park has always been part of this equation. And so, like, it's not like people have made leaps to think that that's where the stadium would go. But, again, that's why I say that the wording on this has to be careful because it's not the Royals' comments that have said that they'll be at Washington Square Park. They've still yet to comment on it.
The fact that the Parks Department was involved in this and we heard about benefits all over the city, is that the tradeoff? Basically, Washington Square Park goes away. And so in exchange for that, we're going to enhance or build new parks elsewhere. Was that what we should have taken away from the conversation coming from the Parks Department last week?
No, I mean, not part of that conversation. I mean, the city council also has a separate proposal in front of it to... move and get different green space elsewhere, but also to move the the war memorial over there, the Korean War Memorial over there, because that's its home right now. So I'm just really interested to see what what details we do get tomorrow. I just I guess my hope would be that
Tomorrow afternoon, you're not talking on your show about what details we don't have, but rather they present something that's so fleshed out that we're talking about the details that they do have.
Do you think we'll get some conversation about the capping? You mentioned other green space. What most people think, and I've been told even that it's a done deal. It's not until it is, but that for all practical purposes, it's a done deal that they're going to cap.
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Chapter 4: What are the potential locations for the new stadium?
What are they, 635? What is it technically? 670.
That's over by their last proposal.
Right. But my point is, if you're losing green space, if you're losing park space in one spot, is that this is how we're making up for it. It's not part of the same project, but it's like, for those of you that are disappointed in the parks, we're losing X number of square feet of park here, but we're actually gaining... More square footage of Park over there. Do you think there's any chance?
I don't know if that'll come up in that, but look, I mean, that's a pretty cool thing. I mean, because... The Malouk family, and Peter Malouk is the one who's recently invested significant funds to take over majority ownership and support in Kansas City, is headlining that project. And those playgrounds are becoming accessible playgrounds.
That's a really cool initiative, and he's donated just tens of millions of dollars to that. I'm excited for that. I am, too.
That's why I'm hoping. What a better time when you've got momentum. We've got the World Cup coming. You're going to announce a ballpark. What better time to say, and we've got this going on, too.
Yeah, he's a minority owner in the Royals, too. Maybe they should have packaged that together. But I don't know. I see that as unrelated. I understand the reason you're asking the question is because there will be. And I mean, look, it's not just among residents who don't want to see the Royals move, who will complain about eliminating green space.
I mean, there's elected officials I've talked to who want the Royals to move downtown that have concerns about the green space.
The ballparks usually face northeast, right? If you go from home to center field, the left field line goes north. I know that the proposal from the north of the river, they had gotten, they had checked and gotten to where you could tweak it a little bit on the direction that they were going to put home plate. Any guess on that? on how the alignment will be.
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Chapter 5: How does the Royals' current roster affect their performance?
I'm not saying they can't, but I think what's going to slow the timeline more than anything is there will be points of resistance still because the development agreements, let's go back to city council for approval whenever there is a development agreement. The CBA will have to go back to city council.
By CBA, you mean the community benefits? Community benefits, whenever there is an agreement. Most people on a sports thing think collective bargaining agreement.
Yeah, but whenever there is a community benefits agreement like that, we'll have to get approval by city council. And I think those will be some pressure points for whatever deal is made. And one of the key things to me about tomorrow's announcement is just who's part of it. And that, you know, is Governor Mike Kehoe is one of the participants in it, which I
obviously suggests that there's been an agreement worked out at the state level which the state part of their show me uh investment act for for stadiums such as this was that there had to be a local source of funding first and i think it it it's been pretty obvious that there's been talks consecutively that concurrently that have been happening at the same time so um
I think them being part of the announcement is an indication that they feel like they have the two major sources of funding in place. No Jackson County involvement?
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Chapter 6: What changes are being considered for the Royals' hitting strategy?
I mean, not yet. I mean, from what I understand, I mean, I know that they've had conversations with the Royals. And, I mean, if you're the Royals, why wouldn't you have those conversations? But there's people I've talked to that said that they ā
Chapter 7: How do recent games reflect the Royals' performance issues?
would not only hesitate but outright refuse to give the royals money without some sort of public vote um to show that it was the will of the people to do so and i think absent a public vote that the number that you'd be looking at there of course would be much smaller than what the sales tax had generated but i wouldn't be surprised if in the end maybe the the jackson county is a much smaller participant but i know like i said from just talking with people over there i think that they've
about what's in it for us then.
Yeah. Well, what's in it is the stadium is in your county. But if you're at this point, I would be a little surprised if Jackson County is involved because it's clear that Kansas City, Missouri and the state of Missouri want to push forward this. If you're Jackson County, you don't have to pay. Why would you?
I think it would be a tough sell to get a vote across when it's like, well, they're going there whether we pay or not. Why would we pay?
Yeah, and I mean, the other element that's different from Jackson County and Kansas City in this is, you know, two legislators I talked to brought this up, is that the stadium right now currently sits in the middle of the county, and then it's going to be, you know, on the westernmost border of the county. So when, you know, it's in the county, yes. I mean, that is absolutely true.
But, you know, for a large portion of the county, it's becoming a much further drive for them.
Yeah. All right. So percentage chance everybody's happy and giddy when they hear what's said tomorrow?
Zero that everyone, because you said everyone.
Okay.
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Chapter 8: What are the Chiefs' plans for the upcoming NFL Draft?
There's going to be a lot more of the expense.
At least $30,000.
Yeah. Does it say that or does it say $30,000? It has to be at least $30,000.
That's part of the requirement from the city, but that's because it's part of the requirement for the Show Me Act to be able to invest in a stadium. It has to be a seat at least $30,000.
So, but we all expect the capacity to come down. To shrink, yeah. And presumably a higher percentage of the seats to be high dollar seats.
Yeah, I mean, I think I haven't heard that, but I think that's what I go historically based.
Yeah, that's what's happened in other places. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I've I've wondered, for example, the conversation that's going to become much more prevalent in the Chiefs stadium move is when are we going to know about PSLs and these seat licenses and whether or not they're a thing? How much are they? What are the what does that agreement look like? We've seen fewer baseball, but not zero baseball stadiums do that, too.
And so I wonder, there's all sorts of questions like that that I think will materialize over the ensuing days and weeks of this project. PSLs with the Royals? I'm just saying there's been other baseball teams that have done it. Do you think it'll happen? I don't know. It's not something that has been as talked about as I was hearing with the Chiefs because every NFL stadium is doing it.
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