Bonner Springs will consider expanding an established tax district to support the creation of a Mattel-anchored theme park near the Kansas Speedway. In 2017, the city created the Westgate Redevelopment District, covering about 75 acres at the southwest corner of State Avenue and North 118th Street. The tax increment financing district was created to support a $130 million mixed-use project developed by Triple R Properties LLC, but those plans never materialized. Arizona-based developer Epic Resort Destinations now requests that the City Council expand the existing TIF district by adding a combined 108 acres to the west and south, which would support its Destination KCK development. The City Council will host a public hearing to review the request on March 10. The proposed $490 million Destination KCK would sit between the Kansas Speedway to the east and Wyandotte County Park to the west, catty-corner from the American Royal’s under construction headquarters.
Source: Kansas City Business Journal
