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What do you do about all the hotels that have built their convention business around the current location being walkable--Loew's and Marriott for example?
One of the major justifications for the Power & Light District was luring more convention business to the existing location. You are advocating a convention center six blocks away instead of the current two....

I'm surprised they haven't considered converting the American Royal complex for something like this. It's near Hy-Vee Arena and there might be crossover use there.
Statistics: Posted by FangKC — Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:52 am

The city is absolutely alive and teeming downtown because of concerts and out of town sports events. A Home Town sports event would do little for the area. It wouldn't even sell out consistently like every concert does at T-Mobile Center. The spin-off...

Build a new convention center into the North Loop trench. Close either end to the highway system, build your exhibition halls and parking garages right where the highway road is now, street grid at the surface level. Doesn't need light though you could...