{"id":2511610,"date":"2026-07-21T22:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2511610"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:10:22","slug":"public-meeting-scheduled-about-royals-ballpark-rezoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/public-meeting-scheduled-about-royals-ballpark-rezoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Public meeting scheduled about Royals ballpark rezoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!----><!----><\/p>\n<figure\/><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!----><!--[--><!-- AiSummaryComponent.html --><!--]--><!----><!----><!----><!----><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/local\/article316442510.html\">Crown Center and the Royals<\/a> have scheduled a public meeting about their rezoning plan tied to the planned future ballpark in the district.<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>City officials are reviewing a proposed rezoning plan that lays out where there could be new construction, where existing buildings could be renovated, <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/news\/local\/article316314653.html\">where the ballpark would go<\/a> and where there could be new plaza areas.<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"photo-inline-\">\n<div class=\"img-container picture \">                        <figcaption>                                            A preliminary development plan for a proposed sports and entertainment district at Crown Center. Source: Populous\/Olsson                                                                                                                                                                        <span class=\"credit\">Neil Nakahodo<\/span>                                                            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The rezoning would allow for a \u201csports and entertainment district\u201d within Crown Center. Officials have previously announced plans to replace Hallmark\u2019s headquarters building with a new Royals stadium while transforming the area into a ballpark district as part of a $3 billion plan.<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A public meeting about the rezoning proposal has been scheduled for 6 p.m. July 27 in Union Station\u2019s Regnier Theatre, according to a notice uploaded with <a target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow\" href=\"https:\/\/compasskc.kcmo.org\/EnerGov_Prod\/SelfService\/#\/plan\/374f1e96-d2fe-4762-8021-8390ca0f3ea6?tab=attachments\">city documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The meeting is a required part of neighborhood and public outreach for certain types of development plans.<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The City Plan Commission is then scheduled to discuss the rezoning proposal on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n<p><!----><!--]--><!--]--><!----><!----><!----><!----><\/p>\n<div class=\"zone grid\">\n<div class=\"related-stories story-module\">\n<h5>Related Stories from  Kansas City Star<\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-module\" wp_automatic_readability=\"27.866666666667\">\n<div class=\"author-card \" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.2888888888889\">\n<div class=\"article-details\">\n<p>                <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/profile\/294162984\/\">Chris Higgins<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Added as per FE-855 --><\/p>\n<p>                    <span class=\"credit\">The Kansas City Star<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- Added as per FE-855 --><\/p>\n<p>                     <!-- End of class=\"social-media\" --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <span>Chris Higgins writes about development for the Kansas City Star. He graduated from the University of Iowa and joins the Star after working at newspapers in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and Des Moines, Iowa.\u00a0<\/span>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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.kansascity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crown Center and the Royals have scheduled a public meeting about their rezoning plan tied to the planned future ballpark in the district. City officials are reviewing a proposed rezoning plan that lays out where there could be new construction, where existing buildings could be renovated, where the ballpark would go and where there could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2511611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2511610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Public-meeting-scheduled-about-Royals-ballpark-rezoning.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511612,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511610\/revisions\/2511612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}