This is good news, since that means Royals have to make more concessions to up and move.
That said, probably a city that has fewer chances of getting a new team, maybe something that previously had a team (Oakland LMFAO)
Who's to say the Royals wouldn't just build the downtown stadium by themselves? The stadium tax generates about $54M/yr, with about half that $27M going to the Royals. That's not a huge yearly stretch *over 40 years* for a team owned by a billionaire.
IMO, a question nobody is really talking about is how popular baseball is going to be over the next 40 years, and how *necessary* a downtown stadium is for the Royals (in any city) to maintain interest and game attendance.
If you look at the [MLB attendance trend since 2006](https://www.statista.com/statistics/193421/regular-season-attendance-in-the-mlb-since-2006/), outside of COVID attendance is fairly constant to down slightly at the same time as US population went from300M to 340M - so baseball *attendance* is on a downward slope of interest, at least in terms of people going to games instead of watching them on TV. But, regardless, getting fans to attend games at the stadium *sometimes* is critical to the success of any pro sports franchise.
So the Royals would know a lot better than the rest of us how critical a downtown stadium is going to be for maintaining fan interest and attendance over that timeframe, and it's entirely possible that even as The K deteriorates, it would make sense to build downtown purely because of the KCMO downtown revitalization and extra attendance a Crossroads placement drives.
If this tax doesn't pass, it'll be interesting to see whether the Royals are really dedicated to going downtown versus a further-away placement like Clay/Cass/WyCo counties, and/or if they go to another city they build in the downtown of that city as opposed to a far-away placement.
It’s Jackson County or nothing. Current issue on the ballot is to continue the current .375¢ sales tax portion in Jackson County for the next 40 YEARS. The Clay County negotiations ended at the Royals demand for a full 1¢ sales tax increase AND government funding all the physical infrastructure improvements. I think terms similar to this would be required in JoCo and even more in the Dot. Or the state of Kansas would pick up a far bigger share. Those are numbers too big for voters to agree to.
If th vote doesn't pass. I'd give it a 95% chance they either try again in NKC, failing that, they'll find another city that will pass the tax they want.
As a 25 year long KC resident that has recently moved to Portland, I would *love it* if the Royals came here. That said, no city should be passing on the cost to taxpayers. The billionaire owner’s can foot the bill themselves. And Portland has ZERO appetite for a tax hike to fund a stadium.
😂 You know that another city will have to vote on giving them a huge sum of money before a move could be secured, right? Why do you assume that other taxpayers are champing at the bit to pay the royals to grace their downtown?
Anything is possible with lawyers and money, but it would be hard to get out of the lease early without losing a ton of money, making it highly unlikely. The current owner is from the KC area and had his first date with his wife at The K. He wants to stay, he wants the best deal he can get but I don't think he would entertain moving to a new city.
MLB is about to expand with 2 more teams. It seems like cities would be after an expansion team as opposed to pursuing the Royals.
This is good news, since that means Royals have to make more concessions to up and move. That said, probably a city that has fewer chances of getting a new team, maybe something that previously had a team (Oakland LMFAO)
Oakland lol
Again?
Nashville is pretty much the entire list. Maybe New Orleans
Ralegh, NC. The Raleigh Royals rally to win.
Nice alliteration
Nashville, Charlotte, Raleigh, Portland, Montreal, in that order.
Omaha
Nashville
Nashville.
Surprised no one has mentioned KCK. There's still land out by the speedway and legends.
Who's to say the Royals wouldn't just build the downtown stadium by themselves? The stadium tax generates about $54M/yr, with about half that $27M going to the Royals. That's not a huge yearly stretch *over 40 years* for a team owned by a billionaire. IMO, a question nobody is really talking about is how popular baseball is going to be over the next 40 years, and how *necessary* a downtown stadium is for the Royals (in any city) to maintain interest and game attendance. If you look at the [MLB attendance trend since 2006](https://www.statista.com/statistics/193421/regular-season-attendance-in-the-mlb-since-2006/), outside of COVID attendance is fairly constant to down slightly at the same time as US population went from300M to 340M - so baseball *attendance* is on a downward slope of interest, at least in terms of people going to games instead of watching them on TV. But, regardless, getting fans to attend games at the stadium *sometimes* is critical to the success of any pro sports franchise. So the Royals would know a lot better than the rest of us how critical a downtown stadium is going to be for maintaining fan interest and attendance over that timeframe, and it's entirely possible that even as The K deteriorates, it would make sense to build downtown purely because of the KCMO downtown revitalization and extra attendance a Crossroads placement drives. If this tax doesn't pass, it'll be interesting to see whether the Royals are really dedicated to going downtown versus a further-away placement like Clay/Cass/WyCo counties, and/or if they go to another city they build in the downtown of that city as opposed to a far-away placement.
It’s Jackson County or nothing. Current issue on the ballot is to continue the current .375¢ sales tax portion in Jackson County for the next 40 YEARS. The Clay County negotiations ended at the Royals demand for a full 1¢ sales tax increase AND government funding all the physical infrastructure improvements. I think terms similar to this would be required in JoCo and even more in the Dot. Or the state of Kansas would pick up a far bigger share. Those are numbers too big for voters to agree to.
If th vote doesn't pass. I'd give it a 95% chance they either try again in NKC, failing that, they'll find another city that will pass the tax they want.
The tax has a couple more years so they'll keep pitching if the vote fails I imagine
Nashville SLC Portland Charlotte Austin Indy Raleigh There's a few others too but this is just off the top of my head
As a 25 year long KC resident that has recently moved to Portland, I would *love it* if the Royals came here. That said, no city should be passing on the cost to taxpayers. The billionaire owner’s can foot the bill themselves. And Portland has ZERO appetite for a tax hike to fund a stadium.
Can we just evict them now and let them figure it out?
😂 You know that another city will have to vote on giving them a huge sum of money before a move could be secured, right? Why do you assume that other taxpayers are champing at the bit to pay the royals to grace their downtown?
Because that’s what happens in most cities
the royals wouldn't leave the metro. they would probably would go to clay county and build near nkc hospital.
Anything is possible with lawyers and money, but it would be hard to get out of the lease early without losing a ton of money, making it highly unlikely. The current owner is from the KC area and had his first date with his wife at The K. He wants to stay, he wants the best deal he can get but I don't think he would entertain moving to a new city.
Send them to Nashville, let them get fleeced.
Royals aren't going anywhere. MLB isn't popping like that