{"id":2255806,"date":"2026-01-29T05:04:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2255806"},"modified":"2026-01-29T05:04:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:04:15","slug":"potential-sites-for-new-royals-stadium-falling-like-dominoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/potential-sites-for-new-royals-stadium-falling-like-dominoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential sites for new Royals stadium falling like dominoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>KSHB 41 reporter Charlie Keegan covers politics in Kansas, Missouri and at the local level. <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/news\/local-news\/stadium-plan\/mailto:charlie.keegan@kshb.com\" target=\"_blank\"><i><u>Share your story idea with Charlie<\/u><\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a busy week in the years-long story of the Royals&#8217; stadium relocation plans.  <\/p>\n<p>Clay County leaders <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/clay-county-commission-says-no-royals-stadium-proposal-on-april-ballot\" target=\"_blank\">announced Wednesday<\/a> the Royals did not accept their latest offer to put a question to voters in April. The county left open the opportunity to continue negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VideoEnhancement\" data-video-disable-history=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Potential sites for new Royals stadium falling like dominoes<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, the Royals confirmed they&#8217;re <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/kansas-city-royals-no-longer-considering-aspiria-site-for-new-ballpark\" target=\"_blank\">no longer considering the Aspiria campus<\/a>, the former Sprint headquarters at 119th Street and Nall Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>This leaves Jackson County as a possible destination, among the sites the team has publicly acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas has long supported a stadium at Washington Square Park in downtown. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard not to be optimistic right now,\u201d admitted KCMO Councilman Wes Rogers (2nd District).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"Figure\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n            <\/p>\n<p>Charlie Keegan\/KSHB<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Kansas City Councilman Wes Rogers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He supports downtown baseball and promised that any deal to use taxpayer money on the relocation would be thoroughly reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no way the Kansas City Council will support this project if it\u2019s not fair to taxpayers,\u201d Rogers pledged. \u201cIf it were to come to that, I think we can do it in a way where it\u2019s not only fair [to] taxpayers, but benefits taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Mark Sharp, a Democrat from south Kansas City, said \u201cwe should be able to get this done\u201d when asked about the possibility of keeping the team in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota said he feels \u201cconfident the Royals will land in Jackson County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Royals did not comment on Wednesday\u2019s announcement from Clay County.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Jan. 27, was the deadline to place a question on Missouri\u2019s April 7 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlModule\">\n    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/news\/local-news\/stadium-plan\/mailto:charlie.keegan@kshb.com?subject=Contact Charlie Keegan\" target=\"_blank\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaassets.kshb.com\/NWT\/Sam\/OneDrive_1_10-7-2025\/CHARLIEBEATFSV.png\" alt=\"Charlie Keegan\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;\"\/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '1557642287829215',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kshb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KSHB 41 reporter Charlie Keegan covers politics in Kansas, Missouri and at the local level. 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