New Royals Stadium
Location | Kansas City, Missouri |
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Coordinates | 39°05′42.4″N 94°34′47.8″W / 39.095111°N 94.579944°W |
Owner | Jackson County, Missouri |
Capacity | 34,000 |
Construction | |
Opened | 2028 (planned) |
Construction cost | $2 billion |
Architect | Populous |
Tenants | |
Kansas City Royals (2028-) |
New Royals Stadium is a proposed baseball stadium to be constructed in Kansas City, Missouri. It will be home to the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball. It will have a capacity of 34,000. Opening is planned for 2028. It will be owned by Jackson County, Missouri.
Background
In 2021, John Sherman started talking openly about his desire for a move downtown. Funding for the stadium would come from the Royals' ownership group, who plan to invest more than $1 billion in private funding for the project, and the passing of an April 2, 2024, election referendum for a 40-year, 3/8th-cent sales tax to help finance the new Royals ballpark and renovate Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs.[1][2][3][4] This referendum was rejected by voters, leaving uncertainty as to the next steps for the Royals' and Chiefs' new stadiums.[5]
References
- ^ "KC Royals reveal plans for new stadium in Crossroads. But who pays what is still unclear". Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "Kansas City Royals release renderings of proposed downtown stadium, April vote will help determine funding". Retrieved February 14, 2024.
- ^ "Royals downtown stadium announcement didn't happen overnight. Here's how we got here". Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "How big would the new Royals stadium in the Crossroads be? Here's what we know". Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ "Voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs, leaving future in KC in question". AP News. 2024-04-02. Retrieved 2024-07-24.