Community groups have rallied opposition against a tax to fund stadium projects for the Royals and Chiefs. Could the teams relocate if the community votes no?
The Kansas City Royals and Chiefs play at Kauffman Stadium and Arrowhead Stadium, pictured here. The teams are lobbying for a sales tax that would pay for a new downtown ballpark for the Royals and renovations to the Chiefs' stadium. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In 1969, when Kansas City faced a funding gap for local summer programs, Ewing Kauffman came to the rescue.
In the upcoming election, voters will be asked to repeal the 2006 tax and pay a ⅜-cent sales tax for 40 years, which would total about $2 billion, to partially fund a new baseball stadium and renovate Arrowhead. But when the terms of the ballot question were finalized in January, the scope of the construction plans the tax would finance remained murky. The Royals didn’t announce a location for their stadium and a possible entertainment district until Feb.
“In my view, consider themselves a public good and a foregone conclusion that the people are going to see them that way,” he added. “And I think they're facing a very strong reality that times are different.”still feels at home in Kansas City. But over the past few years, her rent increased beyond her pension’s cost-of-living adjustment, beyond what she was willing to pay. She has been living with a friend while looking for something better.
Tara Raghuveer, a co-founder of KC Tenants, said she started meeting casually with Royals staff over a year ago. In late January, the groups met for a formal session. The Tenants said they asked about the stadium’s location, how public funding would be used and why the Royals needed it. They said the team officials didn’t provide specific answers.
But the Tenants have stressed that past circumstances shouldn’t dictate the future. “To us, organizing is about changing the conditions of what is possible,” said Magda Werkmeister, a member of the group.After voting on their position, the Tenants started to organize: canvassing on Saturdays, convening two forums last week to hear how Kansas Citians envisioned their city, interrupting stadium listening sessions andon Opening Day at Kauffman Stadium.
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