It turns out that handing over taxpayer dollars to billionaire owners tends to be far less popular among regular citizens than among well-connected government officials.
Best of both worlds for KCMO, really. Don’t have to get bent over a barrel by the Hunts, but the region will keep its team. There’s a hard to quantify benefit to being a “major league” metro area, but the exact municipality usually gets screwed. If KCK or Overland Park wants to play dress up, then I’m sure everyone east of the state line will say to let 'em.
Best of both worlds for KCMO, really. Don’t have to get bent over a barrel by the Hunts, but the region will keep its team. There’s a hard to quantify benefit to being a “major league” metro area, but the exact municipality usually gets screwed. If KCK or Overland Park wants to play dress up, then I’m sure everyone east of the state line will say to let 'em.