traveled to Jefferson City<\/a> to discuss Royals plans with Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe. The team has pursued stadium locations in Kansas and Clay County, but those options have appeared to dwindle in recent weeks.<\/p>\nMissing from Lucas\u2019 address, however, was any mention of a specific stadium location. The mayor signaled that it was likely by design, telling reporters after the speech that the decision over where, exactly, to house the Royals would be up to the team.<\/p>\n
But Lucas also hinted strongly at his long-preferred spot: Washington Square Park near the Crown Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, there\u2019s been a lot of work done here in Washington Square Park. There\u2019s been a lot of discussion,\u201d Lucas told reporters. \u201cYou know, if there\u2019s been that much study of the traffic ingress, egress and beyond, I imagine that\u2019s a location that will be very heavily evaluated.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeVota was in attendance during Wednesday\u2019s speech. In an interview with The Star after the speech, the top executive echoed Lucas\u2019 argument that the Royals would choose their future stadium location.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce they pick that location, we have a proposal from the state, from the city and the county, that the Royals, I believe, will be comfortable with,\u201d LeVota said. \u201cAnd we\u2019ll get the deal done.\u201d<\/p>\n
LeVota said he has been \u201cvery careful\u201d not to endorse a specific stadium location, adding that the Royals have been looking at different spots and are narrowing down their list.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll tell you what it isn\u2019t,\u201d LeVota said. \u201cIt\u2019s not in Kansas. It\u2019s not in Clay County. So, there are locations in Jackson County.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lucas and LeVota both previously told The Star that they hoped to reach a stadium deal with the Royals by the end of spring training, which would be in late March. LeVota reiterated that timeline on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A Royals deal would mark the end of a protracted fight that has dominated local and state politics in Kansas and Missouri for months.<\/p>\n
The Chiefs\u2019 recently announced move to Kansas has raised the temperature along the state line, while the fight over both teams has threatened to renew a bitter economic border war between the two states.<\/p>\n
Lucas, during his speech on Wednesday, offered a brief nod at the border war, referencing \u2014 but not directly mentioning \u2014 Missouri and Kansas City\u2019s recent decisions to exit an economic truce with Kansas that limited cross-state business poaching.<\/p>\n
\u201cSelective truces with entire industry exceptions, historically large incentives in adjacent communities to develop empty fields and debasing tax revenues across the region for wins realized only by a few and rarely experienced by our schools, our taxpayers, or our public services will not form the basis of regional cooperation,\u201d Lucas said.<\/p>\n
Instead, he said Kansas City will \u201ccontinue to work cooperatively as the heart of the region and the heart of America to show the best in American cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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