{"id":2519754,"date":"2026-07-27T22:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2519754"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:59:08","slug":"royals-crown-center-host-public-meeting-about-downtown-ballpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-crown-center-host-public-meeting-about-downtown-ballpark\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals, Crown Center host public meeting about downtown ballpark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>KSHB 41 News reporter Lauren Schwentker covers stories in the Northland, including in Clay and Platte counties. Have a story idea? <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/mailto:lauren.schwentker@kshb.com\" target=\"_blank\"><i><u>Send her an email<\/u><\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>The Kansas City Royals and Crown Center are hosting a public meeting Monday evening at Union Station to discuss the rezoning plan for the nearly $3 billion downtown ballpark district.<\/p>\n<p>After a multi-year saga that involved both sides of the state line, the Royals made it official in April that <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/royals-hallmark-cards-announce-landmark-plan-for-downtown-baseball-stadium\" target=\"_blank\">downtown baseball was coming to Kansas City, Missouri.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"Figure\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">\n            <\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Royals<\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Conceptual renderings of the Kansas City Royals ballpark plan for Crown Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plans call for a mixed-use district that would host concerts, festivals and other major events year-round. <\/p>\n<p>The Royals hope to break ground on the stadium in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<div class=\"HtmlModule\">\n    <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/mailto:lauren.schwentker@kshb.com?subject=Contact Lauren Schwentker\u201d target=\" _blank=\"\">  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ewscripps.brightspotcdn.com\/bc\/8d\/59904a5346f7aeda607df1087842\/laurenbeatfsv.png\" alt=\"\u201cLauren\" schwentker=\"\" 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 News reporter Lauren Schwentker covers stories in the Northland, including in Clay and Platte counties. 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