The Royals announced on Monday that they would be holding a press conference today to unveil their proposal for a future downtown stadium. The press conference will be held on February 13 at 2:30 pm CST. The proposal will reportedly include plans to build a stadium in the Crossroads District of Downtown. The location, pictured below, would include the location of the former Kansas City Star Printing Press.
The proposal will almost certainly be contingent to some degree on a future vote this April in Jackson County. Late last month the Jackson County Legislature overrode a veto from Executive Frank White to pass a measure extending the 3/8th sales tax onto a ballot this April. Alongside that vote this April, there are other important items to check off the agenda as well. In the proposed area for the new stadium, there are several businesses. The idea that the Royals could use eminent domain to take control of the land needed for a new stadium has already started to draw backlash. The Royals themselves could not condemn properties in the Crossroads neighborhood. Instead, they’d be relying on local authorities to make those decisions.
As more information drops from today’s press conference, this post will be updated.
2:30 CST: Renderings of the future site, including work over I-670, have been released.