KC to get new 40-story Convention Hotel

[Prison Bitch]

Story says 23 but that appears to be the amount built on the lower base which is 17. Some estimate it'll be 30 stories. Either way check out the pics:

KC books 800-room downtown convention center hotel
May 8, 2015, 8:56pm CDT UPDATED: May 8, 2015, 9:17pm CDT

Rob Roberts
Reporter-
Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City is expected to get its long-awaited downtown convention headquarters hotel by 2018.

Burke Swerdling & Associates, led by Kansas City attorney and former Visit KC board member Mike Burke, plans to develop a $300 million, 800-room hotel. Hyatt will operate the hotel, to be just south of the Downtown Loop.

Bounded by Interstate 670 to the north, 16th street to the south, Baltimore Avenue to the east and Wyandotte Street to the west, the hotel would be immediately east of the Kansas City Convention Center's Grand Ballroom and adjacent to the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

After losing the Kansas City mayoral election in 2011, Burke said he told Mayor Sly James: "This is something I'd like to work on. I think it's doable."
"He said, 'Go for it,'" Burke said.


The biggest hurdle was getting past the city's refusal to back bonds for the hotel, given the millions in debt repayment taxpayers have had to pick up as a result of the underperforming Kansas City Power & Light District.
City Manager Troy Schulte said the city’s contribution to the convention hotel will include $35 million to be financed by.....

[royalschiefs]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

Anyone who thinks that tailgating is shitty can't be a KC fan. Period.

Football tailgating is great.

Baseball tailgating is stupid. Baseball belongs downtown.

There is a reason over 3/4 of MLB ballparks are in their respective city's downtowns and I can assure you it for damn sure isn't because of tailgating

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by royalschiefs

The are endless parking lots downtown, that is NOT the best place to put a ballpark, the best location for a ballpark in KC would be the East Crossroads. A stadium there would be between all the parking, hotels and entertainment in Downtown, Crown Center and Crossroads yet there would still be room for some large surface lots for the dumb****s who will bitch about losing their precious, overrated and shitty tailgating, as well as a dedicated garage to the east of the stadium and access to the freeways would be much better via multiple routes. In either location, walking from hotels and condos and taking transit is an option that does not exist at the TSC which would greatly reduce the parking demand.

Oh and the Negro Leagues Museum isn't too far from this location either.

Can't link photos for some reason..

#4 on this map would be the best:
ryanwiksell.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/page-5-tracking-possible-hits600xx1481-990-276-77.jpg

Where the ballpark is photoshopped in this picture, is just a giant sea of parking...prime real estate for a ballpark to be built on top of it:
skylinescenes.com/e107_images/kcmodt.jpg

And KC would, hands down, have one of the best views in baseball at this location:
i.imgur.com/mioVCeW.jpg

Does your first and last name start with a K?

[Archie F. Swin]

I think it would look much cooler if they had AC window units in each room.

[DaveNull]

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by royalschiefs

The are endless parking lots downtown, that is NOT the best place to put a ballpark, the best location for a ballpark in KC would be the East Crossroads. A stadium there would be between all the parking, hotels and entertainment in Downtown, Crown Center and Crossroads yet there would still be room for some large surface lots for the dumb****s who will bitch about losing their precious, overrated and shitty tailgating, as well as a dedicated garage to the east of the stadium and access to the freeways would be much better via multiple routes. In either location, walking from hotels and condos and taking transit is an option that does not exist at the TSC which would greatly reduce the parking demand.

Oh and the Negro Leagues Museum isn't too far from this location either.

I always find myself walking into the K wishing the Negro Leagues Museum was closer to the stadium.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Another stupid move. KC rolls on. Sly bought a grocery store for the hood last week. Now a shiny new motel, next we tear down the airport. And there is still no place to park downtown and even less any reason to go there.

What?

If anything there is too much parking downtown.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

But I can read the links. That ability separates us.

No you are a ****ing idiot who lives in joco and is cool with the kc taxpayers paying for everything and it doesn't cost you a nickel.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

What?

If anything there is too much parking downtown.

Not sure about that

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Billay

Not sure about that

Anyone who can't park in KC is either lazy or doesn't know what a city is.

[stevieray]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Anyone who can't park in KC is either lazy or doesn't know what a city is.

for some odd reason, I like to watch people fail at parallel parking.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by stevieray

for some odd reason, I like to watch people fail at parallel parking.

heh...me too. Me and a buddy witnessed a woman taking over 8min (think about that...8min trying to park) trying to parallel park...there was enough space and it was just your normal parking job..but man she did not know how to maneuver her car, numerous back n forths, curb checks, being like 4ft or more away from the curb etc. There was a time she thought she had it and she was sticking out into traffic lol....We were sitting on a bench right in front of her and we couldn't hold it in we kept busting up laughing. She flipped us off and drove off . Didn't quite make it.

[Titty Meat]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Anyone who can't park in KC is either lazy or doesn't know what a city is.

What? It would be way more convient if the city didn't charge to park everywhere during the day.

[Titty Meat]

The city ****ed up PNL costs them millions should have put the ballpark downtown and focuses on connecting plaza/Westport. Make the area north of their the gay/art district.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Billay

What? It would be way more convient if the city didn't charge to park everywhere during the day.

So you don't like that they charge for parking during the day....

....ok? New to cities?

[|Zach|]

Maybe Houston would be better for some of you. There are a billion parking lots and the urban core is spread out ridiculously where you can drive for days and still be in Houston.