Overview
- City rezoning and engineering documents for a Crown Center stadium district were filed this week and set a staff review for July 14 with a City Plan Commission public hearing on August 19.
- The plan covers roughly the block bounded by 22nd Street, 27th Street, Main Street and Gillham Road and would add about 3.5 million square feet to the district, expanding total building area from around 9.1 million to roughly 12.6 million square feet.
- Kansas City’s council authorized using up to $600 million in tax-increment financing for the project in April, which would be paid from future project-generated taxes rather than existing city general funds.
- Missouri Workers Power delivered more than 4,500 petition signatures to the City Clerk seeking a public vote on the TIF; if verified the council has 60 days to respond and the petition could force a referendum or delay approvals.
- Design lead Populous and consultants filed traffic and parking studies that recommend highway interchange and local-street upgrades, do not propose new parking garages in the initial filings, and project a phased build with a stadium opening targeted in the early 2030s and full district buildout by about 2040.