Historic deal keeps Royals in Kansas City and brings billions of dollars of investment and thousands of good-paying jobs to a reimagined Crown Center
"With today’s approval, Kansas City continues on its three-decade journey to build America’s finest urban core, bringing millions more tourists, tens of thousands of jobs, and billions of dollars of investment to the heart of the region while retaining two great brands known in Kansas City and around the world, Hallmark Cards and the Kansas City Royals.
"Kansas City and its leaders can walk and chew gum. I am proud to be the leader who created our Housing Trust Fund, bringing thousands of homes to low income and working-class Kansas Citians; creating municipal ID cards, expanding banking opportunity and access to 20,000 Kansas Citians previously left out; and proving you can be bold and progressive while continuing to create economic development success that will secure opportunity for generations ahead. I look forward to opening day in 2030 and the thousands of good-paying union jobs to come to our downtown."
-Mayor Quinton Lucas