![]() ![]() The Royals lease at Kauffman expires in 2031, which sounds a long ways off, but not when it comes to back timing the several years it will take to assemble land and design a new ballpark should that option be chosen. John Sherman, the new Royals owner, has expressed support should the right deal come together. Goldberger’s observations come at pivotal time when the idea of a downtown ballpark is back on the community agenda. Paul Goldberger’s new book was released last spring. Kansas City has a Downtown that is filled with demand, filled with activity, filled with all the things you need for a ballpark.” It is a time to consider actually building a downtown ballpark. ![]() “Baseball can contribute an enormous amount to downtown, but it can rarely do the job of initiating an entire downtown renewal by itself. “Kansas City was hoping the ballpark would jump start a whole Downtown renewal, which probably was too much to expect,” Goldberger told the 1,000 people at the Kay Barnes Ballroom in the Convention Center. The Pulitzer Prize-winning architectural critic who wrote for The New York Times, the New Yorker and now Vanity Fair was the keynote speaker at the Downtown Council Annual Luncheon Thursday. Kansas City was “lucky” 15 years ago not to build a downtown ballpark, when the Royals lease was last up, but that’s all changed now, according to Paul Goldberger, author of the new book “BALLPARK: Baseball in the American City.” Nationally-renowned ‘Ballpark’ author says timing right to bring Royals Downtown ![]()
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