As lawmakers in Kansas continue their push to bring the Chiefs and Royals to the Sunflower State, leaders in Kansas City, Kansas, say they can envision a ballpark right in Wyandotte County. In an interview with KCUR’s Up To Date, Kansas State Sen. Jeff Pittman and Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Tyrone Garner both said that their downtown is an ideal spot for the Royals to put down their roots. “Land is cheap, it is ripe for development, it is centrally located in the Kansas City metropolitan area,” said Garner. “I think that a baseball team downtown would be great, not just overlooking the Kansas City, Missouri, skyline but overlooking the Kansas City, Kansas skyline, as well as our Missouri and Kansas rivers.” “There’s a lot of potential there to do some really awesome things that would be of great value to the great folks that live in that area in the eastern portion of Kansas City, Kansas,” Garner added. Garner said a new Chiefs stadium could work near the Legends — where Sporting KC and the Kansas City Monarchs already play.
Source: KCUR
