\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSources are providing KMBC 9 with a better understanding of what the Kansas City Royals will announce in what they call an \u201cimportant update.\u201d The Royals will share plans about their future at a special event Wednesday at 10 a.m.Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas are all set to attend. While there was no mention of stadiums in the initial news release, new details from sources are clarifying what the announcement will reveal. Sources told KMBC 9 that the new Royals ballpark site will move from Washington Square Park across the street to the Crown Center area. The site will now offer the Royals 80 acres of land versus the anticipated 12 acres in the Washington Square Park location. Buildings will be torn down, but the Crown Center retail space and hotels will remain with improvements planned. This deal has reportedly been months in the making and only came together last week. It also means the Royals\u2019 investment into the project will grow \u2014 the stadium is still expected to be $1.9 billion, with $600 million in bonds from the city and the state\u2019s current participation at roughly $350 million. What that means for Washington Square Park is yet to be seen. Many more details will be revealed in Wednesday\u2019s announcement. “I am proud of the steps we have taken to build a strong future for Royals baseball in Downtown Kansas City,” Lucas said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. “I am excited to share and learn more tomorrow about development, job creation, and community benefits for our entire city and region.”Plans have been in the works for a possible Royals move for years. After the Kansas City Chiefs announced their jump across the state line, KCMO and Missouri leaders have pushed hard to keep the baseball team in Missouri.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Sources are providing KMBC 9 with a better understanding of what the Kansas City Royals will announce in what they call an \u201cimportant update.\u201d <\/p>\n
The Royals will share plans about their future at a special event Wednesday at 10 a.m.
Royals Chairman and CEO John Sherman, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas are all set to attend. <\/p>\n
While there was no mention of stadiums in the initial news release, new details from sources are clarifying what the announcement will reveal. <\/p>\n
Sources told KMBC 9 that the new Royals ballpark site will move from Washington Square Park across the street to the Crown Center area. <\/p>\n
The site will now offer the Royals 80 acres of land versus the anticipated 12 acres in the Washington Square Park location. <\/p>\n
Buildings will be torn down, but the Crown Center retail space and hotels will remain with improvements planned. <\/p>\n
This deal has reportedly been months in the making and only came together last week. <\/p>\n
It also means the Royals\u2019 investment into the project will grow \u2014 the stadium is still expected to be $1.9 billion, with $600 million in bonds from the city and the state\u2019s current participation at roughly $350 million. <\/p>\n
What that means for Washington Square Park is yet to be seen. <\/p>\n
Many more details will be revealed in Wednesday\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n
“I am proud of the steps we have taken to build a strong future for Royals baseball in Downtown Kansas City,” Lucas said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. “I am excited to share and learn more tomorrow about development, job creation, and community benefits for our entire city and region.”<\/p>\n
Plans have been in the works for a possible Royals move for years. After the Kansas City Chiefs announced their jump across the state line, KCMO and Missouri leaders have pushed hard to keep the baseball team in Missouri. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sources are providing KMBC 9 with a better understanding of what the Kansas City Royals will announce in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680639,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[74661,86086,19420,5,86087,5347,86089,3985,9758,8938,8926,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4848,11814,12011,66589,4,252,86088,86085,1428,1591,20239,235,2570,1372],"class_list":{"0":"post-680638","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kansas-city-royals","8":"tag-a-m-wednesday","9":"tag-advanced-plan","10":"tag-announcement","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-ceo-john-sherman","13":"tag-club","14":"tag-current-home","15":"tag-event","16":"tag-funding","17":"tag-future","18":"tag-important","19":"tag-kansas","20":"tag-kansas-city","21":"tag-kansas-city-royals","22":"tag-kansascity","23":"tag-kansascityroyals","24":"tag-kc","25":"tag-kcmo","26":"tag-missouri-gov-mike-kehoe","27":"tag-missouri-leader","28":"tag-mlb","29":"tag-royals","30":"tag-royals-chairman","31":"tag-special-event","32":"tag-stadium","33":"tag-stadiums","34":"tag-state-line","35":"tag-team","36":"tag-update","37":"tag-wednesday"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116445260141799520","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}