Yes, Fish. I was a bit torked that the money was not invested more in players, but he did right by everyone. Gordo to sign for one last year too.
Re: Royals
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:48 am
by NewtonHawk11
Alex Gordon back on a 1 year $4M deal. Waived his 10 and 5 clause so he can be traded, but has to get $500,000 assignment bonus if traded.
Re: Royals
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 4:07 pm
by Sparko
We go straight from the SB to Spring training. Nice setup
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:48 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
Here we go . . .
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:52 pm
by NewtonHawk11
Bring it on. I'd love it.
And I'm not even from KC. But it would make games so much more well attended.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:55 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
I think it makes it easier on out-of-towners, too.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:58 pm
by Soklous
I’ve completely come around on the location of our stadiums being shit. I’ve been to enough downtown stadiums to appreciate the life they bring.
BUT, where the fuck is the Crown and the fountains? Deal breaker. Not gonna happen.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:00 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
They'll be there. This first stuff is just to show the city and public (voters), that it logistically works.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:04 pm
by Soklous
Fair enough. But still a bad approach in my book. You play that video with a fly over fiber optic lit fountains and a glowing crown in the skyline... you got boner city.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:07 pm
by CrimsonNBlue
There could have also been at least one reference to helmet nachos.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:58 pm
by jfish26
Soklous wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 5:04 pm
Fair enough. But still a bad approach in my book. You play that video with a fly over fiber optic lit fountains and a glowing crown in the skyline... you got boner city.
Agree in principle. Don't know if the Royals have a trademark on the crown, though.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:23 pm
by Geezer
I'll wait for the traffic study.
Re: Royals
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:38 pm
by Cascadia
That’s fucking dope. Hope it happens. Don’t really care about fountains and the crown. Fine with them either way
Re: Royals
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:24 am
by jfish26
Cascadia wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:38 pm
That’s fucking dope. Hope it happens. Don’t really care about fountains and the crown. Fine with them either way
I suspect it's a nearly-foregone conclusion that baseball will be downtown within a decade's time.
The question - that matters a lot! - is exactly where. I worry some that they'll try to build it with a sort of pre-packaged entertainment area (not unlike Truist/Battery Park in Atlanta), somewhere downtown-adjacent, rather than just sort of drop it in (like Target Field/1st Ave./Warehouse District in Minneapolis).
Re: Royals
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:21 am
by CrimsonNBlue
Either way, it's moving from Raytown.
Re: Royals
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:45 am
by pdub
I second Hawk on fountain and crown.
Re: Royals
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:21 am
by jfish26
CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:21 am
Either way, it's moving from Raytown.
Certainly.
Although:
Re: Royals
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:26 am
by CrimsonNBlue
I read that as Q conceding that tax dollars will help fund.
Re: Royals
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:43 am
by jfish26
CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2020 9:26 am
I read that as Q conceding that tax dollars will help fund.
It's going to be a hell of a thing when there's a billion dollar stadium that everyone's late to games at because they're fixing flats on the side of the road.
Cascadia wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:38 pm
That’s fucking dope. Hope it happens. Don’t really care about fountains and the crown. Fine with them either way
I suspect it's a nearly-foregone conclusion that baseball will be downtown within a decade's time.
The question - that matters a lot! - is exactly where. I worry some that they'll try to build it with a sort of pre-packaged entertainment area (not unlike Truist/Battery Park in Atlanta), somewhere downtown-adjacent, rather than just sort of drop it in (like Target Field/1st Ave./Warehouse District in Minneapolis).
Totally agree. A downtown stadium can easily be fucked up. If done correctly, they can change the entire dynamics of a city. Especially a baseball stadium that has 80+ events during the best weather of the year.